Melanie B. Emmen
Counsel, Capital Markets
Melanie B. Emmen’s practice focuses on providing targeted client support, developing knowledge resources and best practices training for the firm’s capital markets attorneys and engaging with European and emerging market capital markets associations and industry bodies.
Bio
Ms. Emmen has extensive experience in international capital markets and finance transactions. She has advised a broad range of clients, including private equity sponsors, issuers and investment banks, on cross-border private and public debt offerings, acquisition financings and liability management transactions. She also provides clients with extensive knowledge of the leveraged finance and legal functions of global investment banks, having worked for multiple such banks prior to joining Skadden.
Prior to her starting her legal career, Ms. Emmen developed and directed women’s health and economic empowerment initiatives in central Africa.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Harvard Law School, 2016
- B.A., George Washington University, 2007
Admissions
- California
Melanie B. Emmen
Counsel, Capital Markets
melanie.emmen@skadden.com