Ngoc Pham Hulbig helps clients navigate complex antitrust issues related to premerger notification for global transactions, investments, and joint ventures.

Ngoc has significant experience advising market-leading global companies on:

  • Preparing competition filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act
  • Global filing requirements
  • Day-to-day antitrust counseling
  • Transaction due diligence and integration planning
  • Interlocking directorates

She provides pragmatic, business-focused advice that allows companies to make strategic decisions and mitigate risk. She regularly guides clients through a host of competition issues, including engagement with competitors, pricing and discount programs, distribution agreements, and competitive intelligence. Ngoc also advises investment funds on their strategic acquisitions of voting securities of public issuers.

Ngoc has represented clients in a wide range of industries, including aviation, animal health, automotive, chemicals, credit, energy, financial services, healthcare, insurance, mutual funds, pharmaceuticals, private equity, software, technology, and transportation.

Before joining Latham, she was a special counsel at another law firm.

Ngoc’s recent experience includes advising:

Private Equity

  • An HSG-led buyer consortium on acquiring a majority stake in Golden Goose Group, the largest M&A deal in the fashion industry for 2025
  • Coalesce Capital on acquiring a majority stake in DecisionHR, a national provider of human resources outsourcing solutions
  • Lindsay Goldberg on acquiring EMCO Chemical Distributors
  • MGG Investment Group on its majority acquisition by Generali Investments*
  • Mill Point Capital LLC on its:
    • Acquisition of Proficium*
    • Carve-out acquisition of refrigeration and foodservice equipment businesses of Fomento Económico Mexicano*
    • Sale of Full Circle Fiber Partners*
    • Majority acquisition of Seviroli Foods*
  • Lovell Minnick on acquiring S&S Healthcare Strategies*
  • Lovell Minnick and National Auto Care on selling National Auto Care to APCO Holdings*
  • Cerberus Capital Management on its stalking horse bid for Stanadyne*
  • Czech Asset Management on its acquisition by Voya Investment Management Alternative Assets*

Companies

  • Snowflake, an AI data cloud company, on acquiring Observe, a leader in AI-powered observability
  • dbt Labs on its all-stock merger with Fivetran, an automated data movement company
  • Additive AI on its acquisition by Thomson Reuters
  • Prepared, an AI-powered emergency communications platform, on its acquisition by Axon
  • Allen Media Group on the US$171 million sale of television stations in 10 markets to Gray Media
  • Velocity Clearing on its majority acquisition by Hanwha Life*
  • Hudson Bay Capital Management on its strategic investment in New York Community Bancorp*
  • Aethon on selling its Haynesville business to Mitsubishi
  • As antitrust compliance monitor for quarterly meetings of the credit ratings agency constituent group organized by the Software Industry Information Association, as well as on email correspondence to group members*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia
  • New York
  • North Carolina

Education

  • JD, University of North Carolina School of Law, 2001
    Managing Editor, North Carolina Journal of International Law & Commercial Regulation
  • BA in Biology & Spanish, Appalachian State University, 1998
    cum laude