Shing Yuin Lo
Partner
London
shing.lo@lw.com
+44.20.7710.1817
PRACTICES
- Emerging Companies & Growth
- Mergers & Acquisitions
INDUSTRIES
- Entertainment, Sports & Media
- Fintech
- Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Retail & Consumer Products
- Technology
EDUCATION
- LL.B. (Hons), University of Sydney, 2002
- B.Comm., University of Sydney, 2000
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
PROFILE
Shing Lo is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Emerging Companies & Growth Practice.
An accomplished emerging companies lawyer, she has advised a number of iconic venture capital funds and tech companies in venture capital financings and M&A transactions. Shing’s practice encompasses series financing rounds (covering early stage, growth and pre-IPO rounds), bridge/convertible rounds, venture and growth debt, and M&A transactions. She has a hands-on approach and regularly counsels founders and investors on a wide range of issues, including early stage company formation, venture and growth financing strategy, global expansion, and general corporate counselling.
EXPERIENCE
Shing’s experience includes representing:
- &Open on its seed financing led by First Round Capital and LocalGlobe and Series A financing led by Molten Ventures
- Altruistiq on its seed financing led by Molten Venture, with participation from Norrsken VC and other angel investors
- Elwood on its Series A financing co-led by Dawn Capital and Goldman Sachs, with participation from Barclays, BlockFi Ventures, Chimera Ventures, CommerzVentures, Digital Currency Group, Flow Traders, and Galaxy Digital Ventures
- Euler on its financing round led by Haun Ventures with participation from Variant, Jump Crypto, and Uniswap Labs Ventures, among others
- Tactic on its seed financing round led by Index Ventures, joined by Visionaries Club and IFG.VC
- Zepz (WorldRemit) on its US$292 million Series E financing
- Peptone on its Series A financing led by F-Prime Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Walden Catalyst Ventures and existing investors, including Hoxton Ventures and dRX Capital, the venture arm of Novartis
- Crowdcube on its financing led by Circle, the owner and operator of SeedInvest – a leading startup fundraising platform in the US, alongside existing investors Balderton and Molten Ventures, and Series D financing* led by Draper Esprit, Series B financing* led by Numis Securities, and follow-on financing by Draper Esprit
- ComplyAdvantage on its Series C financing led by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and extended Series C financing by Goldman Sachs
- Undisclosed lead investors on the financing round of Brusa HyPower
- L Catterton on its Series B financing of Freetrade
- Atomico and Balderton on the US$700 million sale of Peakon to Workday, and Series A financing in TestGorilla
- Cadence on its cross-border acquisition of Future Facilities
- Navint on its strategic acquisition of Hansen
- LifeScore on its Series A financing led by Octopus Ventures
- Atomico on multiple series financings in various startups and growth companies including ChannelEngine, Sorare, Aiven and FabricNano
- Bessemer Venture Partners on multiple series financings in various startups including Oper and Vector.ai
- HSBC on its Series B financing in Miotech, an ESG data startup
- Index Ventures on multiple series financings in various startups and growth companies including Linktree, Beauty Pie, Sylvera, Motorway, Multiverse*, Cutover*, Daye*, SafetyCulture*, and Citymapper*
- Octopus Ventures on multiple series financings in various startups including Intigriti, Touchlab, Vira Health, Velaris and Automata
- Softbank on multiple series financings in various growth companies including SendCloud
- Citi Ventures on its investment in GoHenry
- Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan on its growth financing of Lendable
- Darktrace on its pre-IPO financing, Series E financing* led by Vitruvian, Series D financing* led by Insight Ventures, Series C financing* led by KKR, and Series B financing* led by Summit Partners
- Korean Investment Partners on its Series A follow on financing of Vaccitech*
- OilX on its financing led by GS Caltex and Citi*
- Youtility on its seed financing by Barclays and Ascension Ventures*
- Thimble/Verifly on its Series B and Series A financings*
- Arm on its financing of BluWireless Technology*
- Sapphire Ventures on its Series C financing of CultureAmp*
- F-Secure on its £105 million acquisition of MWR InfoSecurity*
- JustEat on its acquisitions of Flyt and Practi*
- Precision Medicine Group on its acquisition of Argint International*
- AXIO on its disposal of the Vidal Group to Japanese listed M3, Inc., disposal of the MIMs group in the Asia-Pacific region to a Japanese purchaser consortium, disposal of MRO Network to Penton, disposal of IASIST to IMS Health, and acquisition of Chipworks Inc*
*Matter handled prior to joining Latham