Jonathan Melmed Bio

Jonathan Melmed is Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Corporate Department as well as its Global Private Equity and M&A practice with over 25 years of experience. 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. 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. Jonathan has one of the most active renewable energy/clean tech and digital infra Private Equity and M&A practices in the world. Jonathan has served on the firm's policy/management committee. Jonathan’s representative fund clients have included, among others, The Alaska Permanent Fund, Arevon Asset Management, Axium Infrastructure, Azrieli Group, Blackstone Energy Partners, BMO Capital, Brevan Howard, Brookfield Energy Partners, the Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec, Caithness Private Equity, Capital Dynamics, Chatham Asset Management, Citi Alternative Investments, Crestline Private Equity, D.E. Shaw, DRI Capital, DW Partners, EJF Capital, Elliott Associates, EnerTech Capital Partners, Fiera Comox Partners, First Reserve, Greensoil Investments, Hapoalim Capital, Harbinger Capital Partners, iCON Infrastructure, La Coop fédérée, LBO France Gestion, Lyxor (f/k/a Société Générale Asset Management), Macquarie Capital, Morgan Stanley Private Equity, Mubadala Investment Company, Novus Capital, OMERS Private Equity, Ontario Teachers, Opus Capital, SCP Private Equity, Southern Cross Private Equity, Starwood Energy Group, Strategic Value Partners, TOMS Capital, TPG Sixth Street Partners, and UBS Infrastructure & Private Equity.