Stephanie Dang is an associate in the Dubai office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department. Stephanie has experience advising clients across a range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and general corporate matters.
Stephanie trained in the firm’s London office, gaining experience in data and technology, corporate, and leveraged finance transactions. Stephanie also spent time on secondment at The Carlyle Group, where she assisted on a range of international corporate transactions.
Her practice includes:
Mergers and acquisitions
Private equity
Emerging companies
Experience
Stephanie’s experience includes advising:
Dubai Holding on the acquisition of The Westin Paris - Vendôme, a France-based 4-star hotel located in central Paris
Nana, the leading e-grocery delivery platform in the Middle East, on its Series C US$133 million investment round
Sequoia Capital as lead investor on Tabby’s US$58 million Series C round, valuing the Dubai-based buy now, pay later startup at US$660 million
Classera, an edtech company, on its US$40 million Series A financing led by Sanabil Investments with participation from Sukna Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, 500 Global, SEEDRA Ventures, and Global Ventures
POSRocket, the second largest restaurant cloud technology provider in MENA, on its acquisition by Foodics, the leading GCC restaurant-tech company based in Saudi Arabia
OCTAL, a major global producer of PET sheet based in Oman with operations in the UAE, KSA, and the US, on its US$620 million sale to Alpek, S.A.B. de C.V. (Alpek)
Jawaker, a leading Abu Dhabi-based online gaming company backed by TwoFour54 (owned by ADQ), in connection with its sale to Stillfront Group AB
An international bank on the sale of its third party investment fund platform
Astorg Partners in connection with its acquisition of a majority stake in Anaqua, a provider of asset management software and maintenance services
Funds managed by Silver Lake Partners, a global private equity firm focused on investments in technology, technology-enabled, and related industries, on its approximately US$750 million minority investment in G42, an Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing company
SIG Combibloc, a Swiss listed leading systems and solutions provider for aseptic carton packaging company, on its €500 million acquisition of the 50% stake in its Middle East joint venture SIG Combibloc Obeikan held by the Obeikan Group
Gathern, a KSA-based P2P rental marketplace (the Middle East version of Airbnb), in relation to its US$6 million Series A funding round which was led by STV and joined by existing investors, Vision Ventures, 500 Startups, Mr. Naef Sultan AlAthel, and ARG Limited
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
England and Wales (Solicitor)
Education
Bachelor of Laws, University of Keele With First Class Honours
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