Heather Emmel

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Professional Experience

: Current; Citi Financing for Collective Brands, Inc.'s Acquisition of Stride Rite Corporation Represented Citi in the $725 million acquisition financing (as part of the $828 million acquisition) of Stride Rite Corporation by Collective Brands, Inc. (formerly Payless ShoeSource, Inc.)

: Current; Lehman Brothers; Citi Acquisition Financing for Jarden Corporation Represented Lehman Commercial Paper Inc. and Citi in the $2.255 billion term loan and acquisition financing for Jarden Corporation.

: Current; Providence Equity Partners Inc.; Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board; Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC Acquisition of BCE Inc. (Bell Canada) Representing Providence Equity Partners Inc., Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board and Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC in the $48.5 billion going private acquisition of BCE Inc. (Bell Canada), the largest leveraged buyout in history.

: Current; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Lehman Brothers; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., JPMorgan Securities Inc.; Morgan Stanley; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC; UBS Investment Bank; Wachovia Securities Sale of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Common Stock Represented Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., together with other co-managers, in the $1 billion sale of common stock by affiliates of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.

: Current; Broadcast Media Partners Holding Inc.; Umbrella Acquisition Inc.; Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC; Providence Equity Partners Inc.; Saban Capital Group; THL Partners; TPG Capital Acquisition Financing for Univision Communications Inc. Represented an investor group including Providence Equity Partners Inc., Madison Dearborn Partners, Saban Capital Group, TPG Capital, and THL Partners in an $8.7 billion financing for the $13.7 billion going private acquisition of Univision Communications Inc.

: Current; Key Plastics L.L.C. Refinancing for Key Plastics L.L.C. Represented Key Plastics L.L.C. (a portfolio company of Ewing Management) in its $35 million refinancing.

: Current; Key Plastics L.L.C. Senior Secured Notes Offering by Key Plastics, L.L.C. Represented Key Plastics, L.L.C. in its $115 million offering of 11-3/4% Senior Secured Notes.

: Current; JPMorgan; Citi; Goldman Sachs Financing for Ford Motor Company Represented JP Morgan, Citi and Goldman Sachs Credit Partners in the $18.5 billion financing for Ford Motor Company. more

: Current; HM Rivergroup plc Acquisition of Houghton Mifflin Company Advised HM Rivergroup plc in connection with its $5 billion acquisition of Houghton Mifflin Company (a portfolio company of The Blackstone Group, Bain Capital and THL Partners).

: Current; Goldman Sachs & Co.; Lehman Brothers; Merrill Lynch & Co.; JPMorgan Securities Inc.; Morgan Stanley; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC; UBS Investment Bank; Wachovia Securities Initial Public Offering of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Represented Goldman Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch & Co., together with other co-managers, in the $1.3 billion initial public offering of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.

: Current; Providence Equity Partners, Inc.; Madison Dearborn Partners LLC; Saban Capital Group, Inc.; TPG Capital; THL Partners Acquisition of Univision Communications Inc. Advised the investor group consisting of Madison Dearborn Capital Partners, Providence Equity Partners, Saban Capital Group, TPG Capital and THL Partners in connection with the $13.7 billion acquisition of Univision Communications Inc., the leading Spanish language media company in the US.

: Current; Lehman Brothers; Citi; ABN AMRO Incorporated Repurchase of Outstanding Senior Notes by Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. Represented Lehman Brothers, Citi, and ABN AMRO Incorporated, as managers, in the $200 million repurchase by Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. of its outstanding 10-3/8% Senior Notes and $15.5 million repurchase of its outstanding 11-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes.

: Current; Lehman Brothers; Citi; ABN AMRO Incorporated Senior Notes Offering by Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. Represented Lehman Brothers, Citi, and ABN AMRO Incorporated, as managers, in the $175 million Senior Notes Offering by Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc.

: Current; Lehman Brothers Senior Notes Offering by The Rouse Company LP and TRC Co-Issuer, Inc. Represented Lehman Brothers, as manager, in the $800 million offering of Senior Notes by The Rouse Company LP.

: Current; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.; Lehman Brothers; Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.; Goldman Sachs & Co.; JP Morgan Securities Inc.; BNP Paribas Group; RBS Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.; Calyon Securities (USA) Inc. Senior and Senior Subordinated Notes Offerings for Hertz LBO Represented Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., together with other co-managers, as initial purchasers of the $2.7 billion Senior and Senior Subordinated Notes Offerings by The Hertz Corporation in connection with the $15 billion acquisition of Hertz Corporation from Ford Motor Company by Clayton Dubilier & Rice, The Carlyle Group and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity.

: Current; Lehman Brothers; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.; Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Asset Backed Securitization for Hertz LBO Represented a consortium led by Lehman Brothers, Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch in the financing for the $5.8 billion asset backed rental car fleet securitization for Hertz Corporation (part of the $15 billion going private leveraged buyout of Hertz).

: Current; Lehman Brothers, Jefferies & Company, Inc. Initial Public Offering of Eschelon Telecom, Inc. Represented Lehman Brothers and Jefferies & Company, Inc. in the $75 million initial public offering of Eschelon Telecom, Inc.

: Current; Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., JP Morgan Securities Inc., Lehman Brothers Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Common Stock Offering Represented Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan and Lehman Brothers as joint book-running managers in the $339.2 million offering of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation common stock by ConAgra Foods, Inc.

: Current; Enron Corporation Sale of Mariner Energy, Inc. by Enron Corporation Represented Enron Corporation in the $271 million sale of Mariner Energy, Inc. to MEI Acquisitions LLC.

: Current; Texas Instruments Incorporated Acquisition of Unitrode Corporation Represented Texas Instruments Incorporated in the $1.2 billion acquisition of Unitrode Corporation.

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