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Veronica Lah

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Corporate and Finance
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  • vlah@manatt.com
  • Phone: 310.312.4130
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Education
  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2011

    The Ohio State University, B.S.B.A., 2007

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Profile

Profile

Veronica Lah is a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. She focuses her practice on corporate and financial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, corporate finance and general corporate representation.

Veronica represents clients on buy-side and sell-side acquisitions; divestitures; business combinations; restructurings and buyout transactions; public and private equity and debt offerings, including initial public offerings and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) transactions; and secured financings. She also provides counsel on formation, joint venture and other corporate matters.

She has represented companies, investors, private equity firms and investment banks in corporate transactions spanning numerous industries, including health care, financial services, media and entertainment, technology, retail and consumer products, real estate, energy, cannabis, manufacturing, and insurance.

Prior to joining the firm, Veronica was an associate at an international law firm in its New York office, where she focused on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, and general corporate governance.

Experience

Experience

Mergers and Acquisitions

  • One of the ten largest bank holding companies headquartered in California in its $204 million acquisition of a commercial bank
  • An international music publishing company in its acquisition of a minority slice in the Carlin America portfolio
  • A private equity investment firm in the equity and asset acquisitions of more than 16 portfolio companies
  • A private equity investment firm in connection with a joint venture with an online retailer of licensed sportswear, sports equipment and merchandise for the $100 million acquisition of a sports retailer
  • A European media group and its subsidiary in the approximately $121 million sale of the subsidiary’s financial services education business to an Illinois-based global educational services company
  • The holding company for a regional bank that provides banking services to small and midsize businesses and consumers in California in its $450+ million sale to a national bank in a stock transaction
  • A Southern California bank holding company in its initial capitalization of more than $70 million and the $23.3 million acquisition of a regional bank
  • A medical education provider in the equity sale of a business
  • A private equity investment firm specializing in structured growth equity investments in closing various debt and equity investments in three portfolio companies
  • A leading provider of next-generation manufacturing and supply chain solutions in the cloud in its $2 billion acquisition by a software investment firm

Capital Markets

  • The underwriters to Relativity Acquisition Corp., in its $143.75 million IPO
  • The underwriters to a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) focused on companies in the biotechnology sector, in its $75 million IPO
  • A curated collection of luxury lifestyle, digital-first brands, in connection with its $10 million IPO
  • An underwriter for the $36.4 million public offering of a provider of essential applied informatics that enable smart transportation and digital agriculture
  • The sole book-running manager to a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in its $172.5 million IPO
  • Digital Health Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in its $115 million IPO
  • The underwriters to Murphy Canyon Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in its $132 million IPO

Financings

  • A consortium of investors in connection with a $28 million secured financing of a Canadian holdings company with a diverse portfolio of cannabis cultivation, processing and dispensing operations in the United States
  • A group of lenders in providing a $50 million, three-year secured revolving credit facility to Curaleaf Holdings, Inc., a leading medical and wellness cannabis operator in the United States
  • An online financing platform that offers business owners access to capital in negotiating a $75 million warehouse credit line
  • An investor in a $1 million seed financing for a blockchain technology company
  • An electric vehicle powertrain company based in Silicon Valley in a $12.5 million debt financing and rights offering
  • An online financing platform that offers business owners access to capital in negotiating $130 million of debt financing
  • A lender to consumer goods startups in the successful closing of a $150 million financing transaction
  • An online lender in the launch of an online lending aggregating platform and mezzanine credit facility for a $650,000 loan to a biotech company
  • A small business lender for manufacturers, distributors and retailers in securing $100 million in debt capital
Speaking Engagements

Speaking Engagements

Speaker, “Taking the First Step in the IPO Journey: What is IPO Readiness?,” Tipali IPO Readiness for Fast-Growing Global Companies virtual series, June 16, 2021.

Memberships

Memberships

Admitted to practice in California and New York

Member, Association for Corporate Growth – Los Angeles

Member, Asian Pacific American Bar Association – Los Angeles

Member, C-Sweet

Publications

Publications

Co-author, “SEC Proposed New Rules to More Tightly Regulate SPAC Activity,” Deal Lawyers, May-June 2022.

Co-author, “COVID M&A: pre-closing considerations for MAE definitions and interim operating covenants,” Daily Journal, July 23, 2020.

Veronica in the News

  • 04.26.22

    Manatt Advises HARTBEAT on Formation and $100M Financing

    A Manatt team led by Entertainment Partner Sophia Yen advised HARTBEAT on the formation of the company and represented HARTBEAT in its $100 ...

  • 02.15.22

    Manatt Represents A.G.P. and Brookline Capital Markets in Relativity ...

    Manatt represented A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners and Brookline Capital Markets in connection with the $143.75 million initial public offering of ...

  • 02.07.22

    Manatt Represents A.G.P. and The Benchmark Company in Murphy Canyon ...

    Manatt represented A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners and The Benchmark Company, LLC, as underwriters in the $132 million initial public offering of M...

  • 12.27.21

    Manatt Represents A.G.P. and Brookline Capital Markets in Larkspur ...

    Manatt’s Thomas Poletti and Veronica Lah, partners on Manatt’s Capital Markets team, represented A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners and ...

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Veronica's Articles

  • 07.23.20

    COVID M&A: Pre-Closing Considerations for MAE Definitions and Interim ...

    Manatt corporate and finance partner Jason Taketa and associate Veronica Lah authored an article for Daily Journal about the COVID-19 ...



Veronica's Newsletters

  • 04.07.22

    California’s Board Diversity Law Held Unconstitutional

    Public companies with principal offices in CA are no longer required to appoint directors from underrepresented communities to comply with Assembly ...

  • 04.06.22

    SEC Proposed New Rules to More Tightly Regulate SPAC Activity

    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new rules and amendments to enhance disclosure and investor protection ...

  • 01.11.22

    Financial Services Capital Markets and M&A: 2022 Off and Running

    2021 is in the books…another eventful year on so many different fronts.

  • 02.16.21

    SBA Issues New Guidance on Loan Forgiveness

    On January 19, 2021, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published new Loan Forgiveness Requirements and Loan Review Procedures pursuant to an ...

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Veronica's Events and Webinars

  • 09.29.21

    On the Rise: A Closer Look at Bank M&A Trends and Regulatory Updates

    Bank mergers and acquisitions are on the rise, with the total number of bank M&As in 2021 surpassing that of 2020. With this increase, ...



  • 06.16.21

    Lah to Speak at Tipali IPO Readiness Series

    Corporate and finance partner Veronica Lah will speak at a session titled “Taking the First Step in the IPO Journey: What is IPO ...



  • 04.02.20

    A Guide for Businesses to Obtain Paycheck Protection Loans Under the ...

    Due to the economic uncertainty and disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, Congress has passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic ...

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