It was at Latham that she met Epstein, who my sources says cold-called her on a recommendation. The two had several mutual friends, including Larry Summers, the former Treasury secretary under President Obama (Summers didn’t respond to a request for comment).
That call involved legal work for a planned fund that would streamline the way uber-rich people can make charitable donations that Epstein was putting together. One of her first face-to-face meetings would be with Epstein and Microsoft founder Bill Gates involving the creation of the fund (Gates’ reps didn’t return repeated requests for comment; in the past Gates has said he had no business or personal relationship with Epstein, and that their meetings only involved potential philanthropic matters).
The fund never materialized, but Epstein was impressed enough with Ruemmler that he would eventually introduce her to do work for one of his clients, Edmond de Rothschild Group, advising the bank on legal and regulatory issues. Epstein served as a gatekeeper for the Swiss bank, which is why Reummler would have to deal with him over the next five years.
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