Hermina Wong

Hermina Wong is an associate in the firm’s Private Equity group. She advises on a broad range of private equity and corporate M&A transactions, including leveraged buyouts, strategic mergers and acquisitions, management equity plans, and general corporate matters.

Prior to joining Goodwin, Hermina trained and qualified as a solicitor at Sidley Austin LLP, where she also gained experience with the firm’s Global Finance, Financial Services Regulatory, and Restructuring practices.

Hermina’s representative experience includes advising:

Private Equity

• Summit Partners on its investment in Energy Aspects, provider of energy data analysis and market intelligence
• Wavecrest Growth Partners, along with co-investor Abry Partners, on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Pole Star Space Applications, a SaaS provider of regulatory and compliance maritime technology servicing a range of financial institutions, governments and shipping companies
• Queens Park Equity
  • on its investment in TelcoSwitch, a leading communications software provider to the UK SME market
  • on the leveraged acquisition of Sagacity Group, a London-based IT consultancy company
  • on its acquisition of Learndirect Limited and its subsidiaries, a provider of online learning platform and courses*
• York Capital Management
  • and its portfolio company Cennox on their acquisition of iTech, a leading Irish transport provider providing specialised services associated with moving and locating high technology equipment
  • and its portfolio company Cennox on their acquisition of Lincsafe, a cash automation equipment and solutions business
• Graphite Capital on its £428m sale of U-POL, an automotive repair and refinishing products provider, to Axalta Coating Systems
• A growth equity fund on its multi-million dollar investment in a European cloud-based telephony business as part of a late-stage financing round
• Summit Partners on its €50 million investment in Solactive AG, a technology-enabled provider of indices and index solutions to the global financial services industry*
• TowerBrook Capital Partners
  • on its acquisition of leading provider of premium finance for commercial and retail insurance products, Premium Credit, from Cinven
  • on its acquisition of CarTrawler, the leading B2B provider of car rental and mobility solutions to the global travel industry, from BC Partners*

Corporates and Portfolio Companies

• GTT Communications, Inc. on its sale of its infrastructure business to I Squared Capital for US$2.15 billion. I Squared Capital is an independent global infrastructure investment management firm focusing on energy, utilities, digital infrastructure, transport and social infrastructure

SPACs

• Qell Acquisition Corp., a publicly listed special purpose acquisition company, on its business combination with Lilium GmbH, an electric aircraft producer

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.