About
Ranked as a ‘leading partner’ for non-contentious financial services regulatory in the Legal 500, Emma Rachmaninov is a trusted adviser to the world’s leading financial institutions and private capital players. She helps them to navigate the complexities of fast-changing regulation with clarity and confidence.
As a Partner in Freshfields’ Financial Institutions Group and head of the non-contentious regulatory team in London, clients seek Emma out for her deep technical knowledge combined with commercial insight, forged through years of hands-on experience across major financial hubs.
Emma’s work spans headline-making cross-border mergers and acquisitions, complex strategic restructurings, IPOs and regulatory change — all with a practical approach which clients greatly value
Emma has spent time on secondment with global investment banks and a central bank, gaining a 360° view of how regulation works on both sides of the fence. She is a frequent contributor at industry conferences and to leading publications, demystifying developments in areas such as MiFID II, market abuse, and individual accountability regimes.
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Emma’s recent experience includes advising:
- CVC on its acquisition of Marathon Asset Management;
- OTPP on its acquisition of 7IM;
- HSBC on the disposal of its French insurance business to Matmut;
- CVC on its 2024 IPO on Euronext Amsterdam;
- PayPal on the sale of its buy now, pay later loan receivables in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK to KKR;
- Goldman Sachs Group on its acquisition of NN Investment Partners from NN Group for approximately €1.6bn, and entry into a long-term strategic partnership;
- banks, insurers and asset managers and wealth managers on a range of regulatory issues such as the Leeds reforms, PSRs, UK SMCR, UK MiFID II, MAR and EMIR; and
- banking clients on the impact of Article 21c CRD VI.
Emma Rachmaninov
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