Emily’s practice focuses on all financing aspects of complex corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and spin-offs. She partners with clients to design capital structures that weather the ups and downs in the business cycle while providing market-leading flexibility to business decisionmakers. Her experience includes both the investment grade and leveraged markets, as well as bank and direct lending financings and capital markets transactions. She also advises on liability management transactions, distressed acquisitions, divestitures and restructurings.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2025 | Finance, inc. Restructuring |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2025 | Restructuring & Finance |
Emily is widely acknowledged for her expertise in financing matters. In 2024, she was ranked as the #1 financing lawyer in North America by MergerLinks and named a Law360 Capital Markets MVP. She has been recognized by Lawdragon as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America and one of the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America. Emily was selected for Bloomberg Law‘s 2023 “They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40” award. She has also been recognized by Chambers, New York Law Journal, IFLR, The American Lawyer and Super Lawyers.
Emily actively participates in the community and has a vibrant pro bono practice. She serves on the board of Her Justice, an organization that provides free legal services to low-income women and families in domestic violence-related immigration and family law matters in New York City. Additionally, Emily co-chairs a subcommittee of the New York State Attorney General’s Pro Bono Task Force for Reproductive Health. She also serves as pro bono counsel for the Partnership Fund for New York City as it invests in for-profit and non-profit ventures that create jobs in underserved and diverse communities. Emily has been a Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School and regularly guest lectures at Duke University School of Law. She has been a David Rockefeller Fellow for the Partnership for New York City and Leadership Counsel on Legal Diversity Fellow.
