Melanie is an associate with the Commercial Law Counseling group.

Her practice focuses on partnership, limited liability company and statutory trust law, as well as administrative law, government entities and regulation, and unclaimed property.

Melanie’s work with alternative entities and commercial transactions often involves private investment funds, including fund formation, portfolio company transactions, financing transactions, fund dissolution and winding up.

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

In law school, Melanie served on the editorial board of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law.

News & Insights

  • 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.

  • Firm News, 12.13.2017

    Wilmington, DE (December 13, 2017) - Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP is pleased to announce nine attorneys associated with the firm were admitted to the Delaware bar on Wednesday, December 13, 2017.

Professional & Civic

American Bar Association (Business Law Section)

Delaware State Bar Association (Commercial Law Section)

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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