Kiara Cunningham

Kiara is a corporate lawyer in Ebadat’s M&A, Fund Formation and Venture practices. She advises sponsors, funds, founders and acquirers on acquisitions and sales, strategic fund formation and investment transactions, as well as day to day corporate matters.

Her work spans M&A, fund formation, venture financing, company formation, governance, commercial contracting, and cap table management, with a focus on practical execution and clean, investor ready documentation. Kiara is admitted to practice in California.

Before joining Ebadat, Kiara was an associate at Ketsal PLLC in New York, where she advised technology and financial services clients on corporate governance, capital raising, product structuring, and regulatory issues, including securities and money transmission compliance, as well as equity and token based incentive arrangements administered through cap table platforms. Earlier in her career, she worked in the Office of the General Counsel at the New York City Department of Education, where she evaluated due process claims and structured settlements.