Melanie’s practice focuses on Delaware alternative entities, including partnership, limited liability company and statutory trust law.

Her transactional work often involves private equity funds, hedge funds and mutual funds. She has experience handling fund formation, portfolio company transactions, financing transactions, divisions, fund dissolution and winding up.

Melanie is the Secretary of the Delaware State Bar Association (DSBA) Commercial Law Section, which is responsible for proposing legislation involving Delaware statutory trusts, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), and banking.

Since 2024, she has been included in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships).

News & Insights

  • Media Mention, Best Lawyers, 08.15.2024

    The Best Lawyers in America has released its 2025 edition listing 39 attorneys from Morris Nichols. The results are based on peer-review evaluations from more than 160,000 eligible attorneys.

  • Article, Delaware Banker Magazine, 05.20.2024

    David Harris and Melanie Young co-authored an article on Delaware’s division statutes. They outline how the statutes are relevant to practitioners, including lenders, who deal with Delaware LLCs and Limited Partnerships, both to be able to take advantage of the opportunities they create but also to protect against the potential consequences of a division.

  • Media Mention, Best Lawyers, 08.17.2023

    The Best Lawyers in America has released its 2024 edition, listing 39 attorneys from Morris Nichols. The results are based on peer-review evaluations from more than 76,000 eligible attorneys.

  • Article, Bloomberg Law, 08.01.2021

    In its 2021 session, the Delaware legislature passed a number of amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) and the Delaware “alternative entity” statutes—the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (DLLCA), the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (DRULPA), and the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act (DRUPA). The amendments to the DGCL, the DLLCA, the DRULPA, and the DRUPA became effective on August 1, 2021.

  • Article, Bloomberg Law, 10.01.2020

    In its 2020 session, the Delaware legislature passed a number of amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Delaware “alternative entity” statutes—the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act and the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.

  • Publication, Bloomberg BNA: Corporate Practice Portfolio Series, 12.04.2019

    Morris Nichols partners Lou Hering, David Harris, and Jason Russell are coauthors of the Bloomberg BNA Corporate Practices Series Portfolio, Limited Liability Companies: Legal Aspects of Organization, Operation, and Dissolution. Morris Nichols attorneys Sean Sullivan and Melanie Young are also acknowledged for their significant contributions.

  • Article, Bloomberg Law, 09.09.2019

    In its 2019 session, the Delaware legislature passed a number of amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Delaware “alternative entity” statutes - the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, and the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act.

Professional & Civic

American Bar Association (Business Law Section)

Delaware State Bar Association (Commercial Law Section, Secretary)

Education

University of Pennsylvania Law School, JD, cum laude, 2017
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law, associate and senior editor, 2015-2017

George Washington University, BBA, international business, summa cum laude, 2014

Admissions

  • Delaware, 2017
  • US District Court for the District of Delaware, 2018
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