Gesmer Updegrove LLP

Corporate

Associate

Strategic corporate advisor on high-impact cross-border M&A, venture financings, and transformative capital transactions. Khoa Nguyen is a corporate attorney in the Corporate Department at Gesmer Updegrove, where he helps emerging and established companies navigate complex domestic and international transactions with confidence. His practice focuses on sophisticated mergers and acquisitions, venture financings, corporate governance, and strategic contract negotiation.

Khoa brings global operational and deal experience across multiple industries, having represented founders/startups and multinational corporations on strategic and sophisticated transactions of various sizes, including helping companies to scale up by fundraising and operational improvement, multi-billion dollar transformational acquisitions, cross-border asset deals, and late-stage investments for sovereign wealth funds, private equity, and venture capital investors. He has worked on pre-IPO and institutional capital raises exceeding $1.3 billion, and routinely counsels C-suite executives and boards on legal and commercial risks tied to growth, financing, governance, and strategic exits.

Prior to joining Gesmer, Khoa served as Deputy General Counsel at a hyper-growth global energy company, where he helped scale the company by doubling its operational footprint through M&A and capital-raising transactions, assisting with post-merger integration, guiding corporate governance, and negotiating high-stakes commercial agreements. Earlier in his career, he practiced at leading international and U.S. firms, supporting sovereign funds, PE/VC investors, and multinational clients on high-profile corporate transactions and investor-state matters.

Vietnamese English

Mass Bar Association

Boston Bar Association

DC Bar Association

Boston College, Law School, J.D.

Northeastern University, B.A., Marketing

When not practicing law, Khoa enjoys home cooking, baking, and exploring both classical and popular culture with his dog, General Grievous (Gigi), especially when he can roll in the snow.