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Heather Emmel

Heather Emmel

Global 2026

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Practice Areas

Heather Emmel is a partner in Weil’s Capital Markets practice and primarily represents private equity and corporate clients globally in debt offerings (including high-yield debt, mezzanine debt, and investment grade debt), equity offerings (including IPOs and SPACs), and other capital markets transactions across a variety of industries. She has wide-ranging experience in acquisition and leveraged finance transactions, cross-border, and other complex securities offerings. She also represents issuers and investment banks in structuring and executing innovative liability management transactions. Clients include Advent, American Securities, Brookfield, CBL Properties, Centerbridge, GameStop Corporation, Getty Images, The Gores Group, and Providence Equity.

Personal

UC Santa Barbara (B.A., 1992); Southern Methodist University Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998); San Jose State University (M.S.T., 1998).

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Chambers Global Guide

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States - USA

Band 5
Band 5

Individual Editorial
Heather Emmel has a flourishing capital markets practice across debt and equity. She draws particular praise for her expertise on matters involving SPACs.

Strengths

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  • She is incredible in giving market advice and getting transactions done on a timely basis. She mobilizes a team that can produce high quality work which is able to explain the risk-reward analysis.

    Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United StatesChambers Global Guide

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