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Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. Offices
15 rue de Laborde
Paris
75008
France
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Mrs Melinda Stege-Arsouze
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Melinda Arsouze is a U.S. qualified partner specializing in international capital markets.
A fluent French speaker based primarily in Paris, Melinda works in close coordination with Gide’s capital markets teams throughout the international network and has extensive experience in EMEA practice, including in Turkey, North Africa and Asia.
With over ten years of experience in this area, she has advised on numerous major cross-border securities offerings, including block trades, initial public offerings, privatisations, high yield transactions and debt issuances, in the context of public offerings and privately placed transactions in Europe and the United States.
Career
Joins Gide Loyrette Nouel (2008)
Leading US law firm (2000-2008)
Languages
English, French
Education
Admitted to the New York Bar (2000)
Admitted to the Paris Bar
Columbia University
Lawyer Rankings
France > Capital markets: debt capital markets
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.’s capital markets team is well known for its high-end DCM expertise and ability to handle large and sophisticated transactions, including subordinated and hybrid issuances, liability management and consent solicitation transactions and sustainability-linked transactions. With offices in London and New York, the firm also has the ability to cover US private placement and international work, and assists French banks and insurers while also handling work for French corporations and public sector entities. Key names in the Paris team includes the highly experienced Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux, Laurent Vincent and US securities expert Melinda Stege-Arsouze. Counsel Bastien Raisse provides additional support.
France > Capital markets: equity capital markets
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. runs a comprehensive practice, capable of handling a range of work including block trades and private placements, as well as IPOs and complex financings. The team also regularly works on convertible transactions and has in-house US expertise. It assists financial advisers and banks as well as issuers, and has a strong presence in the biotech sector. Arnaud Duhamel, US expert Melinda Stege-Arsouze and Guilhem Richard are the key partners, with of counsel Scott Logan also providing US legal support. In addition, the firm also has complementary expertise advising leading French companies on share capital increase reserved for employees through expert Sami Toutounji.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Capital markets: debt capital markets
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: Stock market litigation
- Employment
- Environment
- EU, competition and distribution
- Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Luxury goods
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Private equity: venture/growth capital
- Project finance
- Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Capital markets: equity capital markets
- Compliance
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: IT and internet
- Industry focus: Telecoms
- Media and entertainment: Television/radio
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity: Fund formation
- Private equity: LBO
- Tax
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
- Insolvency