International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Emmanuel Ringeval as a partner in the finance practice. He will join a team specializing in leveraged lending.
Emmanuel has wide-ranging experience in all areas of bank financing, with a particular focus on leveraged lending and debt restructuring. He has advised private equity funds, financial institutions and corporate borrowers in connection with leveraged acquisition and recapitalization transactions for many years.
Prior to joining Freshfields, Emmanuel was head of the banking & finance practice at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in Paris, where he has been a partner since 2005. Avocat à la Cour admitted to the Paris Bar, he graduated from the University of Aix-en-Provence and the University of Montpellier.
Dougall Molson, head of Freshfields’ finance practice in Paris, says: ‘With Emmanuel joining our finance team, we have strengthened our position in the lending markets, especially on leveraged finance transactions. His appointment will allow us to further enhance our private equity offering and provide our clients, in a quickly evolving European debt market, with a complete solution for financing transactions.‘
Emmanuel Ringeval adds: ‘At a time when funding is increasing in complexity and sophistication and one of the essential elements of any acquisition or restructuring, it is essential to be able to offer our clients strong and specialized support in this field. The international integration of the Freshfields team is for me a necessary condition for consistency and greater efficiency in the processing of more complex funding applications. I look forward to contributing to such a widely respected practice‘.
Elie Kleiman, managing partner of the Paris office and partner in dispute resolution, comments: ‘Emmanuel is a great professional who shares our values based on excellence, ethics and teamwork to best serve our clients. We are delighted with this appointment.‘
Global head of finance David Trott concludes: ‘France is an important market for the firm and one which offers excellent growth opportunities for our finance practice and private equity offering. Emmanuel is a highly skilled and well-regarded banking lawyer with significant leveraged finance and restructuring expertise. He combines the right blend of technical ability with business focus to help our clients navigate the current challenging market conditions and capitalise on the opportunities they offer.’
