Partner
Brittany D. Ruiz represents issuers and underwriters in complex, high-profile equity and debt offerings globally.
Ms. Ruiz handles prominent equity and debt capital markets transactions on behalf of globally recognized brands, major investment banks, and private equity firms. She advises on matters involving a range of industries, with a particular focus on the technology, consumer retail, and healthcare sectors.
Her transactional work includes advising on:
Taking a process-driven approach to each matter, Ms. Ruiz empowers clients to achieve their commercial objectives. Her experience and educational background working at a large accounting firm allows her to understand the financial issues that may arise at every phase of a transaction.
She is a board member of Claremont McKenna College’s Kravis Leadership Institute and a member of the Hispanic Lawyers Group in New York and Los Angeles. She previously worked in the firm’s London office.
Ms. Ruiz helped pioneer direct listings in the groundbreaking Spotify transaction in 2018. She has co-authored numerous articles on direct listings, including a case study on Spotify’s direct listing. She also contributed to the chapters on direct listings and IPOs in the most recent edition of Investment Banking: Valuation, LBOs, M&A, and IPOs, a best-selling book on deal-making and definitive resource for investment banks, private equity, investment firms, and corporations.
Ms. Ruiz has represented sponsors, issuers, direct lenders, and underwriters in numerous debt and equity offerings across various industries, including IPOs, direct listings, and high yield offerings. Select issuers and sponsors include:
The firm was honored for its pro bono work assisting survivors of gender-based violence.
Chambers USA recognized the firm as a “powerhouse in the capital markets space.”