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Heather Emmel

Heather Emmel

USA 2026

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About

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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).

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

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

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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  • Heather knows and understands her clients' business and commercial needs and is able to look at the big picture.

    Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United StatesChambers Guide to the USA

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