Harriet Doble

Harriet Doble is a member of the firm’s Private Equity group based in London. She has experience advising private equity houses, financial sponsors and their portfolio companies on a broad range of cross-border transactions, particularly in the technology, media and telecoms sectors across Europe, Asia and South America. Harriet also advises emerging growth companies and investors (both institutional and strategic) on venture capital financings and M&A transactions.

Harriet’s recent experience includes advising:

• Nasstar, a portfolio company of Mayfair Equity Partners, on its bolt-on acquisition of Colibri, a technology consultancy company with operations in the UK and Romania
• Family shareholders of Fedrigoni on their reinvestment in the Italian specialty paper producer alongside Bain Capital and BC Partners
• The management team of Forterro on the €1 billion sale of Forterro to Partners Group
• ODLO International, a Swiss performance brand in Monte Rosa Capital’s portfolio, on its agreement to acquire British sailing brand, Henri-Lloyd
• Bregal Milestone on its acquisition of Redstor, a category-leading data management and SaaS protection company headquartered in the UK
• A global private equity sponsor on its acquisition of a telecoms network in Colombia*
• SoftBank Vision Fund II on its €100 million Series D round investment in Job and Talent Holding Limited, the world’s leading digital temporary staffing agency with operations in six European markets as well as Mexico and Colombia*
• SoftBank Vision Fund II on its US$500 million Series E round investment in ContentSquare, the global leader in digital experience analytics*
• SoftBank Vision Fund II on its Series C round investment in Wiliot, a leader in sensing as a service and IoT pixel tagging technology*
• Avast plc on the sale of its family safety mobile business to Smith Micro Software, Inc.*
• Authentix, a Blue Water Energy portfolio company, on its acquisition of Strategic IP Information Pte. Ltd, a Singapore-based brand and content rights protection service with operations in China, Hong Kong, and India*
• The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of a majority stake in SeQuent Scientific Limited, the largest pure-play animal healthcare company in India*
• A US-based global private equity firm in its carve-out acquisition and consolidation of a leading consumer product business in China*
• Oaktree Capital Management on its sale of the SACO Group, a property portfolio, to Brookfield for £430 million*
• Chiyoda Corporation on the sale of 60 per cent. Of Xodus Group, a provider of engineering and advisory support services for oil & gas upstream operators and renewable energy developers, to Subsea 7*
• Representation of Lightsource Renewable Energy and its founders on BP Alternative Energy's US$200 million investment and the launch of Lightsource BP*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.

Prior to joining Goodwin in London, Harriet worked at an international law firm in London and Hong Kong.