Megan Melbourne

Megan Melbourne

Associate

Email

megan.melbourne@aoshearman.com

Phone

+1 646 344 6997

Offices

New York

V-CARD
Megan advises on complex corporate transactions in the market, spanning mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, financings, and strategic investments.
Her practice reaches across borders, with deep experience guiding both domestic and international deals for public and private clients in the life sciences, technology, and consumer products sectors.

Experience

Representative matters

  • AvePoint's combination with Apex Technology, a Special Purpose Acquisition Company, at a $2 Billion Value (previous firm experience).
  • Instructure, Inc. in its $2B acquisition by Thoma Bravo, LP (previous firm experience).
  • Publicly traded energy infrastructure investor with its $240M acquisition of portfolio of renewable energy projects (previous firm experience).
  • Group Nine Media in connection with its $1.3B acquisition of PopSugar, Inc. (previous firm experience).

Pro bono

  • Advised asylum seekers facing persecution in their home countries on immigration matters through pro bono legal clinics, assisting them in obtaining citizenship.
  • Designed and taught summer courses for low-income students interested in pursuing legal careers.
  • Advised New York state-based small businesses on entity registration and corporate governance compliance.
  • Advised domestic violence victims on filing orders of protection in the Bronx, New York.

Speaking Engagements

  • Taking a Play out of the Financial Acquirer’s Playbook (2019), New York: Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance Journal

Qualifications

Admissions

Bar of the State of New York

Academic

BA, Political Science, magna cum laude, North Carolina State University, 2010

JD, Howard University School of Law, 2017

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.