Nina Ngo

Nina Ngo is counsel in Goodwin’s Employment group within the Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice.

She regularly advises clients on the labor and employment aspects of buy-side and sell-side corporate mergers and acquisitions, including issues relating to employee classification, wage and hour compliance, union organizing, works council consultation, and employment-related claims. Her clients span a range of industries, including private equity sponsors, venture capital firms, life science companies, and technology start-ups.

Nina also counsels clients of all sizes on employee matters, including on executive employment arrangements, severance agreements, independent contractor agreements, restrictive covenants, employee discipline; sexual harassment and employment discrimination; wage and hour law compliance; employee classification, leaves of absence, reasonable accommodation, recruiting, employment terminations and layoffs.

She is a member of the San Francisco Bar Association and the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area and is fluent in Cantonese.

Representative Experience 

• Advised Clique Brands in its sale of Who What Wear to Future Publishing
• Advised life sciences investment firm Abingworth LLP in its acquisition by The Carlyle Group
• Advised TPG Capital in its investment in McAfee during McAfee’s carveout from Intel*
• Advised special purpose acquisition company, Dragoneer Growth Opportunities II, in its business combination with meetings and events technology provider Cvent*
• Advised Kohlberg & Co. in its investments in various portfolio companies, including K2-MDV, U.S. Risk, Spinal Elements, and Risk Strategies*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.