Emerson F. Almeida
Associate
Emerson is an associate practicing in Ropes & Gray’s debt finance group. Emerson primarily represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in a wide range of large cap and middle market financing transactions. Prior to rejoining the firm in 2020, Emerson spent two years working as an investment banking associate in the corporate lending group of a bulge bracket investment bank, where he gained firsthand transactional experience allowing him to offer clients unique insight into the lifecycle of the debt finance process.
Experience
- Represented TPG Capital in obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of ClaimsXten.
- Represented Entertainment Partners, a TPG Capital portfolio company, in obtaining syndicated credit facilities in connection with refinancing its existing credit facility.
- Represented Audax Group in obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of Alliance Ground International.
- Represented Audax Group in obtaining debt financing for various platform and add-on acquisitions, including a global manufacturer of application controls and systems and a premier provider of wireless connectivity solutions.
- Represented Charlesbank Capital Partners in obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of Empire Today.
- Represented Charlesbank Capital Partners in obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of Box Partners.
- Represented Altamont Capital Management in obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of Specialized Packaging Group.
Education
- JD, magna cum laude, Cornell Law School, 2016
- MBA, Cornell University, 2016
- BA (History), summa cum laude, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2013
Admissions / Qualifications
Qualifications
- Massachusetts, 2016