Michèle Penzer is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Ms. Penzer is a member of the firm’s Finance Department and the Banking and Project Finance Practices, and is the global Co-chair of the Banking Practice. She is a former member of the firm's Executive Committee and former chair of the firm's Diversity Committee and Associates Committee.
Ms. Penzer's practice focuses primarily on the representation of commercial and investment banks, as well as borrowers and issuers, in leveraged finance transactions, including acquisition financings, project financings, other senior secured lending transactions and restructurings. Ms. Penzer handles a variety of transactions for institutions such as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan Chase, as well as companies such as Scientific Games and Global Infrastructure Partners.
Ms. Penzer is recognized as a leading attorney, ranked in Band 2 for US banking and finance in Chambers Global 2013.
Ms. Penzer is a member of the State Bar of New York, the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.