FORM 3
        
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
                      

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

MAHMOODZADEGAN NAVID

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
4/15/2014 

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Moelis & Co [MC]

(Last)        (First)        (Middle)

C/O MOELIS & COMPANY, 399 PARK AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

__ X __ Director                            _____ 10% Owner
___ X ___ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)
Managing Director /

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10022       

(City)              (State)              (Zip)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

 

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person


Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Partnership Interests   (1) (2)   (3)   (3) Class A common stock, par value $0.01   3579790   (2)   (1) I   (2) By trust  
Partnership Interests   (1) (4)   (3)   (3) Class A common stock, par value $0.01   529797   (4)   (1) I   (4) By trust  

Explanation of Responses:
(1)  Represents partnership interests in Moelis & Company Partner Holdings LP ("Partner Holdings") which are exchangeable for Class A partnership units in Moelis & Company Group LP ("Group LP"). Each Group LP Class A partnership unit is exchangeable for a share of Moelis & Company Class A common stock (subject to customary adjustments) or cash, at Group LP's option.
(2)  Represents partnership interests with respect to 3,579,790 shares of Moelis & Company Class A common stock held by Partner Holdings on behalf of the Mahmoodzadegan-Gappy Trust, of which Mr. Mahmoodzadegan is a beneficiary. Mr. Mahmoodzadegan shares voting and dispositive power over the assets of the trust.
(3)  Pursuant to Group LP's agreement of limited partnership, Group LP Class A partnership units held by the reporting person are not exchangeable for Moelis & Company Class A common stock until the expiration or waiver of certain lock-up periods, commencing on the fourth anniversary of the closing of the initial public offering of Moelis & Company Class A common stock. The form of Group LP's agreement of limited partnership has been filed as an exhibit to Moelis & Company's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-194306).
(4)  Represents partnership interests with respect to 529,797 shares of Moelis & Company Class A common stock held by Partner Holdings on behalf of the Mahmoodzadegan-Gappy Annuity Trust, of which Mr. Mahmoodzadegan is a beneficiary. Mr. Mahmoodzadegan shares voting and dispositive power over the assets of the trust.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address
Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
MAHMOODZADEGAN NAVID
C/O MOELIS & COMPANY
399 PARK AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
X
Managing Director

Signatures
/s/ Osamu Watanabe, attorney-in-fact for Navid Mahmoodzadegan 4/15/2014
** Signature of Reporting Person Date


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POWER OF ATTORNEY
For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Elizabeth Crain, Joseph Simon and Osamu R. Watanabe or any of them, each acting alone, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 
(1)
prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

 
(2)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned a Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5, or any amendment thereto, relating to the securities of Moelis & Company, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

 
(3)
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of such Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5, or any amendment thereto, and the timely filing of such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

 
(4)
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Moelis & Company unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 3rd day of April, 2014.

 
By:  
/s/ Navid Mahmoodzadegan
   
Navid Mahmoodzadegan