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Mr Thomas Mellor
Work Department
Latin America Team; Finance
Position
Thomas represents banks and other financial institutions in a variety of debt finance transactions in the United States and globally, including syndicated, club and bilateral lending transactions (investment grade and leveraged) as well as project finance and restructuring transactions. He has particular experience in cross-border financings (especially in Latin America, Europe, and Asia) as well as financings with structural or other sorts of complexity. Tom has been ranked by Latinvex as one of Latin America’s Top 100 Lawyers (2014-2015). Chambers Latin America 2017 has ranked Tom in Banking & Finance, Latin America-wide.
Education
Bates College; The American University in Cairo, 1988–1989, Visiting Student; UCLA School of Law
Lawyer Rankings
Latin America: International firms > Banking and finance
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP has an established record in Latin America finance. With its close links to a growing number of international financial institutions, it is best known for corporate lending; HSBC has been a major client for many years and Deutsche Bank is a new name on its client list. Restructuring and securitisation are also fortes for the Latin America team, which has achieved further growth in debt private placements and fintech matters. Thomas Mellor has a long history of syndicated finance, club deals and trade finance in Brazil and elsewhere in the region. Hartford partner Daniel Papermaster has additional experience in financings, restructurings, and private placement financings, particularly in Chile, Peru and Mexico – although his experience reaches further afield.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Finance > Project finance
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Transport > Rail and road: finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Government > State attorneys general
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Industry focus > Sport
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense