Stanley Khaing

Stanley is a Managing Partner of Ascent Capital Partners.
He has over 13 years of diverse commercial and legal experience in Myanmar and Canada.
Stanley returned to Myanmar in 2014 to participate in Myanmar’s reopening to the international community.
Upon returning to Myanmar, Stanley was the Group General Counsel at one of the leading conglomerates in Myanmar and supported the formation of foreign-local joint ventures for the expansion of the Group’s businesses.
Stanley has also served as a Director of Corporate Affairs at a telecommunication infrastructure company in Myanmar, where he managed a team of local and expatriate staff and is responsible for legal, regulatory, government relations and CSR functions.
Stanley has supported and/or led negotiations for various types of high-value commercial arrangements in Myanmar and he is also experienced in conducting buy-side and sell-side M&A due diligence work.
Prior to returning to Myanmar, Stanley was in private practice as an intellectual property lawyer focusing on technology and software patents in United States and Canada.
Stanley holds a B.Sc.
(Comp.
Sci) and a LL.B., respectively, from Queen’s University and University of Western Ontario in Canada.
He is admitted to practice law as Barrister and Solicitor at the Law Society of Upper Canada.
Stanley is active in the legal community in Myanmar and he currently serves as the Chair of the Legal Working Group of the British Chamber of Commerce Myanmar.
Stanley was born in Myanmar and is fluent in Burmese