Bio

Jonathan Melmed is a Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity corporate partner based in New York. He is Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Private Equity/M&A practice with over 25 years of experience and is currently serving on our Policy Committee, the firm’s governing and management group. Jonathan represents private equity funds, pension plans, sovereigns, family offices, hedge funds, corporate clients and investment banks re U.S. and international M&A, private equity and complex corporate transactions. Jonathan has extensive M&A and PE experience across many sectors, including in the energy, power, infrastructure, financial services, media, telecommunications, fiber, telecom, technology, life sciences, health care, pharma, and real estate/REIT sectors, and has extensive SPAC M&A experience. Jonathan is also the Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Energy Power & Infrastructure practice, leads our Canada practice and co-leads our Energy Transition practice. For more than a decade, Jonathan has been listed among the leading M&A and private equity lawyers in such guides as Chambers USA, Chambers Global and Legal 500, and has been referred to as “incredibly responsive and able to handle difficult negotiations and matters...results oriented.” He has been recognized as a leading M&A lawyer in Chambers USA in 2014-2015, 2020-2022 and in Chambers Global in 2014 - 2023. Jonathan was also recognized as a leading U.S. Private Equity Buyouts lawyer by Legal 500 U.S. in 2016-2022. Additionally, in 2011-2014 and 2017-2022 Jonathan was recognized by the Legal 500 U.S. for M&A as well as in 2013, 2014, and 2017-2022 as a leading lawyer in the U.S. for Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power. Jonathan has also been recognized by New York Super Lawyers for M&A in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. Jonathan’s representative fund clients have included, among others, The Alaska Permanent Fund, Blackstone Energy Partners, BMO Capital, Brevan Howard, Brookfield Energy Partners, the Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec, Caithness Private Equity, Capital Dynamics, Citi Alternative Investments, Crestline Private Equity, D.E. Shaw, DRI Capital, DW Partners, EJF Capital, Elliott Associates, Elliott Management, EnerTech Capital Partners, Axium Infrastructure, First Reserve, Galway Capital, Greensoil Investments, Hapoalim Capital, Harbinger Capital Partners, iCON Infrastructure, La Coop fédérée, LBO France Gestion, Lyxor (f/k/a Société Générale Asset Management), Macquarie Asset Management, Macquarie Capital, Morgan Stanley Private Equity, Oaktree Capital Management, Novus Capital, OMERS Private Equity, Ontario Teachers, Opus Capital, Ridgewood Infrastructure, SCP Private Equity, Southern Cross Private Equity, Starwood Energy Group, Strategic Value Partners, TOMS Capital, TPG Sixth Street Partners and UBS Infrastructure & Private Equity. Jonathan is also consistently recognized as a leading renewable energy lawyer in the U.S. by Legal 500 U.S. and has one of the most active renewable energy/clean tech and infra Private Equity and M&A practices in the country.