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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;27, 2025 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
  <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MOELIS&nbsp;&amp; COMPANY </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
  <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">46-4500216</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>incorporation or organization)</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>399 Park Avenue, 5th Floor</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>10022</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MOELIS&nbsp;&amp; COMPANY 2024 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Osamu R. Watanabe Esq.</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>General Counsel and Secretary</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Moelis&nbsp;&amp; Company</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>399 Park Avenue, 5th Floor </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York 10022 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">883-3800</FONT></B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Accelerated filer</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Emerging growth company</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being filed for
  the purpose of registering an additional 518,306 shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Class&nbsp;A Common Stock&#148;), of Moelis&nbsp;&amp; Company (the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;)
  reserved for issuance under the Moelis&nbsp;&amp; Company 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). These shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock are additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration
  statement (File No.&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000119312524163508/d824507ds8.htm">333-280314</A>) on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
  &#147;SEC&#148;) on June&nbsp;18, 2024. These additional shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock are reserved for issuance as a result of awards granted under the Plan or awards granted under the Moelis&nbsp;&amp; Company 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan
  having been forfeited, canceled, exchanged, surrendered, terminated or expired without a distribution of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock to the holder thereof, or settled in cash, in each case following the effective date of the Plan. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the contents of such earlier registration statement are
  incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except that the provisions contained in Part II of such earlier registration statement are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&#8201;3.</B></TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents previously filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company&#146;s Annual Report
  on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000095017025029070/mc-20241231.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A>, filed on February&nbsp;27, 2025; </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> filed on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000119312525008478/d890487d8k.htm">January&nbsp;17,
   2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000119312525023607/d916544d8k.htm">February<U></U>&nbsp;
  10, 2025</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001596967/000119312525037643/d911219d8k.htm">February<U></U>&nbsp;27, 2025</A>; and </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The description of the Class&nbsp;
  A Common Stock contained in the registration statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000110465914027271/a14-10382_18a12b.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A>, dated April&nbsp;11, 2014, filed to
  register such securities under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the SEC. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless expressly incorporated into this
  Registration Statement, a report furnished but not filed on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> under the Exchange Act shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document
  incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement,
  or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement contained in this Registration Statement shall be deemed
  to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so
  modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The legality of the shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock offered hereby has been passed upon for the Company by Osamu Watanabe, General Counsel
  and Secretary of the Company. As of February&nbsp;25, 2025, Mr.&nbsp;Watanabe beneficially owned (i) 6,471 shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, (ii) 24,323 restricted stock units (representing the right to receive Class&nbsp;A Common Stock upon
  settlement), and (iii) 28,543 Class&nbsp;A partnership units of Moelis&nbsp;&amp; Company Group LP, a subsidiary of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Exhibits. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The list of exhibits is set forth under &#147;Exhibit Index&#148; at the end of this Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by
  reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INDEX OF EXHIBITS </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000110465914029215/a14-10912_1ex3d1.htm">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current
   Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the SEC on April<U></U>&nbsp;22, 2014)</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000095017022001785/mc-ex3_2.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Moelis<U></U>&nbsp;
  &amp; Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> filed with the SEC on February<U></U>&nbsp;23, 2022)</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d878623dex51.htm">Opinion of Osamu Watanabe, General Counsel&nbsp;&amp; Secretary </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d878623dex231.htm">Consent of Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accountants </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1</TD>
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  &amp; Company 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the SEC on June<U></U>&nbsp;7, 2024)</A></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
  all of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New
  York, on this day of February&nbsp;27, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Kenneth Moelis</P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Name: Kenneth Moelis</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kenneth Moelis, Katherine Pilcher Ciafone, Joseph Simon and Osamu Watanabe,
  and each of them, his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, severally, for him or her and in his
  or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
  therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
  requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, or any of them or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Kenneth Moelis</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer <BR>(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">February&nbsp;27,&nbsp;2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Chief Financial Officer <BR>(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Kenneth L. Shropshire</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2025
  Registration
  No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  MOELIS & COMPANY
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  46-4500216
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  399 Park Avenue, 5th Floor
  New York, New York
  10022
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  MOELIS & COMPANY 2024 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
  (Full title of the plan)
  Osamu R. Watanabe Esq.
  General Counsel and Secretary
  Moelis & Company
  399 Park Avenue, 5th Floor
  New York, New York 10022
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (212)
  883-3800
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule
  12b-2
  of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated
  filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  This Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  (the "Registration Statement") is being filed for
  the purpose of registering an additional 518,306 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), of Moelis & Company (the "Company" or the "Registrant")
  reserved for issuance under the Moelis & Company 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). These shares of Class A Common Stock are additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration
  statement (File No.
  333-280314
  ) on Form
  S-8
  was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
  "SEC") on June 18, 2024. These additional shares of Class A Common Stock are reserved for issuance as a result of awards granted under the Plan or awards granted under the Moelis & Company 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan
  having been forfeited, canceled, exchanged, surrendered, terminated or expired without a distribution of Class A Common Stock to the holder thereof, or settled in cash, in each case following the effective date of the Plan.
  Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form
  S-8,
  the contents of such earlier registration statement are
  incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except that the provisions contained in Part II of such earlier registration statement are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement.
  PART II
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following documents previously filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
  (a) The Company's Annual Report
  on
  Form
  10-K
  , filed on February 27, 2025;
  (b) The Company's Current Reports on Form
  8-K,
  filed on
  January 17,
   2025
  ,
  February
  10, 2025
  and
  February
  27, 2025
  ; and
  (c) The description of the Class 
  A Common Stock contained in the registration statement on
  Form
  8-A
  , dated April 11, 2014, filed to
  register such securities under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the SEC.
  Unless expressly incorporated into this
  Registration Statement, a report furnished but not filed on Form
  8-K
  under the Exchange Act shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document
  incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement,
  or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement contained in this Registration Statement shall be deemed
  to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so
  modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Item 5.
  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  The legality of the shares of Class A Common Stock offered hereby has been passed upon for the Company by Osamu Watanabe, General Counsel
  and Secretary of the Company. As of February 25, 2025, Mr. Watanabe beneficially owned (i) 6,471 shares of Class A Common Stock, (ii) 24,323 restricted stock units (representing the right to receive Class A Common Stock upon
  settlement), and (iii) 28,543 Class A partnership units of Moelis & Company Group LP, a subsidiary of the Company.
  Item 8.
  Exhibits.
  The list of exhibits is set forth under "Exhibit Index" at the end of this Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by
  reference.
  INDEX OF EXHIBITS
  Exhibit
  No.
  Description
  4.1
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current
   Report on Form
  8-K
  filed with the SEC on April
  22, 2014)
  4.2
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of Moelis
  & Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  filed with the SEC on February
  23, 2022)
  5.1*
  Opinion of Osamu Watanabe, General Counsel & Secretary
  23.1*
  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accountants
  24.1*
  Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
  99.1
  Moelis
  & Company 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed with the SEC on June
  7, 2024)
  107*
  Filing Fee Table
  *
  Filed herewith
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
  all of the requirements for filing on Form
  S-8
  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New
  York, on this day of February 27, 2025.
  MOELIS & COMPANY
  By:
  /s/ Kenneth Moelis
  Name: Kenneth Moelis
  Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kenneth Moelis, Katherine Pilcher Ciafone, Joseph Simon and Osamu Watanabe,
  and each of them, his or her true and lawful
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, severally, for him or her and in his
  or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
  therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
  requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, or any of them or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the dates indicated below.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Kenneth Moelis
  Kenneth Moelis
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  February 27, 2025
  /s/ Joseph Simon
  Joseph Simon
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  February 27, 2025
  /s/ Chris Callesano
  Chris Callesano
  Principal Accounting Officer
  February 27, 2025
  /s/ Eric Cantor
  Eric Cantor
  Director
  February 27, 2025
  /s/ Kenneth L. Shropshire
  Kenneth L. Shropshire
  Director
  February 27, 2025
  /s/ Laila J. Worrell
  Laila J. Worrell
  Director
  February 27, 2025
  /s/ Louise Mirrer
  Louise Mirrer
  Director
  February 27, 2025