Yumiko Wong is an associate in the Dubai office of Latham & Watkins.

She advises and represents clients on a range of corporate matters, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and leveraged buyouts, as well as general portfolio company and corporate advisory work.

Yumiko’s experience includes advising:

  • Advent International on the acquisition of a majority stake in Reckitt’s Essential Home, for an enterprise value of US$4.8 billion*
  • GLP Capital Partners on the US$3.7 billion sale of GCP International to Ares Management Corporation*
  • Warburg Pincus and TowerBrook Capital Partners on Stonepeak’s investment in the AA*
  • Charlesbank Capital Partners on its investment in Perspective Financial Group, an independent financial advisor firm with £8 billion assets under advice*
  • Blue Wolf Capital on the acquisition of seven contract development and manufacturing facilities based in Sweden, France and Spain*
  • Automated Industrial Robotics Inc., a global industrial automation platform backed by Ares Management Corporation, on its acquisition of Sewtec Automation*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • Legal Practice Course, University of Law London, 2022
  • BA Jurisprudence (Law), University of Oxford, 2021

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Chinese (Cantonese)
  • Chinese (Mandarin)