Emilie Ninan

Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Emilie R. Ninan is a Partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP, where she serves as a legal advocate and advisor for public finance, bank lending, and commercial real estate finance transactions.

Emilie assists clients with obtaining lower-cost capital financing through the issuance of tax-exempt bonds. She serves as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, borrower’s counsel, issuer’s counsel, or trustee’s counsel on a variety of municipal bond financings, including general obligation, revenue, conduit, utility system, health care, affordable housing, manufacturing, and educational facility bond transactions. In this capacity, Emilie has advised nearly every major bond issuer (including all three counties), municipality, hospital, and higher educational facility in the State of Delaware.

In addition to her public finance practice, Emilie represents corporate, banking, government, and nonprofit clients in commercial real estate lending matters, contract negotiation, and other finance transactions. She also advises on Uniform Commercial Code matters and delivers formal legal opinions in connection with various business transactions.

She was a member of a trade mission delegation to India led by former Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, and has received recognition and won several awards, including, most recently, the SABA Philadelphia Legal Excellence Award for Professional Achievement. She has been profiled by Law360 as a “Female Powerbroker,” and recognized as an Influential Woman in Business in Delaware Today.

She holds a JD from Georgetown University Law Center, an MBA from Georgetown University School of Business, and a BBA from Temple University.