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, The Best Lawyers in America, 08.21.2025Forty Morris Nichols attorneys were included in The Best Lawyers in America 2026. Four partners were noted as “Lawyer of the Year.”
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
