Dominique Manguiat

Dominique Manguiat

Associate
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Biography

Dominique is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie’s Corporate and Securities Practice Group group based in Los Angeles. She represents clients on a wide range of transactional matters, including cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, joint ventures, minority investments and other corporate transactions. Dominique represents strategic acquirers, investors, as well as sell-side teams across a variety of industries, with a primary focus in the technology, media and telecommunications sector. She joined Baker McKenzie as an associate in February 2017 in the London office.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised Cadence Design Systems on numerous acquisitions, including its acquisition of Intrinsix Corporation, a provider of design engineering solutions focused on the US aerospace and defense industry, from CEVA, Inc.
  • Advised Kao Corporation on its acquisition of Bondi Sands, a renowned Australian sun product company that specializes in self-tanning, suncare, skincare and body products. 
  • Advised FedEx on its e-commerce acquisition of ShopRunner.
  • Advised ServiceNow on its acquisition of French startup Mapwize, a developer of indoor-mapping and wayfinding software.
  • Advised the majority shareholders of MagicLab, which owned and operated market-leading dating and social networking apps Badoo, Bumble, Chappy, and Lumen, on the majority stake sale to funds managed by Blackstone, valuing the company at approximately USD 3 billion.
  • Advised Nuance Communications on the USD 400 million sale of its Document Imaging business to Kofax.
  • Advised Trimble on its USD 1.2 billion acquisition of Portland based software construction company, Viewpoint.
  • Advised Universal Music Group on various transactions, including the acquisition of numerous music labels, its investment in a UK-based jazz festival and the disposal of Parlophone Music Group to Warner Music Group.
  • Advised Trimble on its acquisition of UK based Network Mapping Group Limited.
  • Advised Kao Corporation on its acquisition of Washing Systems from California based private equity firm Gryphon Investors.
  • Advised Bain Capital on its portfolio acquisition of a UK cleaning and hygiene chemicals manufacturer and supplier.
  • Advised Australian-listed Telstra Corporation Limited on its acquisition of UK-based data analytics specialist, Dr Foster Intelligence Limited.
  • Advised a Hong Kong-listed technology company on its acquisition of a UK video games developer.

Admissions

  • California~United States (2021)
  • England & Wales~United Kingdom (2014)

Education

  • College of Law (LPC) (2010)
  • Durham University (LLB) (2007)

Languages

  • English
  • Tagalog