Latham & Watkins LLP

Stacey Wong advises clients on a broad spectrum of complex equity and debt capital markets transactions, including US-registered and cross-border throughout Southeast Asia, including India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, and the Philippines.

Stacey draws on extensive US securities law knowledge and experience guiding investment banks and issuers through the challenges inherent in cross-jurisdictional transactions. He has advised high-growth and private equity-backed companies, government-linked and sovereign issuers, and state-owned enterprises on:

• Initial public offerings (IPOs)
• High-yield, convertible, and investment-grade debt offerings
• Private placements and block trades
• Liability management exercises and refinancings
• Follow-on offerings
• Other strategic equity investments

Stacey builds trusted relationships and takes a commercial approach to each transaction and devises creative and pragmatic solutions to help clients achieve their business goals. For publicly listed companies, Stacey is a trusted advisor on corporate governance matters and disclosure and reporting requirements for companies and shareholders.

Stacey has served on the firm’s Associates Committee, Pro Bono Committee, and Recruiting Committee.

Before his legal career with Latham, Stacey was an advisor to a US Senator and member of the Senate Banking Committee in Washington, D.C., advising on banking, healthcare, and tax issues.