Melissa is a partner in the asset management group and is a co-head of the private funds practice. She advises hedge funds, credit funds, and other private funds on all aspects of their business, with a focus on helping sponsors with fund formation and regulatory compliance matters. Named to Daily Journal’s “Top Women Lawyers” list in 2019, Melissa has been praised for “making her mark with hedge funds.” Her clients also include U.S. and international institutional investors, endowments, funds of funds, private foundations, sovereign wealth funds and family offices. Melissa practices at the cutting edge of fund work and is recommended in her field by The Legal 500, IFLR1000 and in Band 5 by Chambers USA for Hedge Funds. She has launched numerous funds using novel hybrid structures and advises clients extensively on cryptocurrency, digital assets and Fintech matters and is ranked Band 3 by Chambers for Fintech: Crypto and Blockchain. Melissa also counsels clients on environmental, social and governance (ESG) and responsible investing and on California laws that affect asset managers, including in the areas of carbon credits, privacy and lobbying.
Asset Management, California Consumer Privacy Act, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain, Derivatives & Commodities, ESG, CSR, And Business And Human Rights, Fintech, Hedge Funds, Investment Advisers, Private Funds, Regulatory Compliance For Private Funds, Secondary Transactions, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning, Sponsor Solutions Credit Funds, Technology
