Genna is a partner in the Private Equity & Financial Sponsors Group. She joined Travers Smith in 2011 and became a partner in 2018.
Genna has a broad corporate practice and advises a range of corporates and private equity and financial sponsors on transactional and advisory work. With a focus on international and UK private equity related mergers & acquisitions transactions, she regularly acts for institutional investors and financial sponsors, management teams and portfolio companies. Genna also advises on bolt-on acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, recapitalisations, minority investments, dispositions and exits.
Genna sits on the firm's Diversity & Inclusion Board. Genna participates in initiatives designed to promote a fully inclusive workplace, and actively encourages discussion on inclusion and diversity, both within Travers Smith and the wider community.
Industry recognition
- Genna is listed in The Lawyer's 2023 Hot 100.
- Genna has been recognised as a Private Equity "Rising Star" and one of "Europe's Best Up-and-Coming Lawyers" by Law.com in 2022 and 2018.
- Genna is recognised as a 'Rising Star' and 'Up and Comer' in private equity by Legal Week 2019.