Melinda Perera > Linklaters > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile
Linklaters Offices
AVENUE JOHN F. KENNEDY 35
L-1855 LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg
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Melinda Perera
Work Department
Capital Markets and Banking
Position
Melinda joined Linklaters Luxembourg in 2003, was promoted to Partner in 2017 and since May 2022, has been appointed as head of the Capital Markets and Banking practice of Linklaters Luxembourg.
Her capital markets practice concentrates on debt instruments and securitisation.
Melinda’s banking practice includes advising on syndicated lending, investment grade, margin loan and leveraged acquisition finance, asset finance, real estate finance and distressed debt acquisitions.
She also has special expertise in restructuring and insolvency and has played a major role in complex cross border restructuring, notably (i) for the Central Bank of Luxembourg as principal creditor of the Luxembourg banking subsidiary of collapsed Icelandic banks Landsbanki Islands hf., Glitnir Banki hf. and Kaupthing Bank; (ii) in restructuring in the renewable energy sector, the inspection safety business, the paper industry and in real estate. She has extensive experience of advising on multi-disciplinary and cross-border real estate finance transactions in the most demanding circumstances.
Melinda has considerable experience advising clients on all sides of finance transactions, including banks, financial institutions, private equity houses and corporate clients. Her experience extends to a range of restructuring, insolvency, real estate financing, private equity, regulatory and capital markets transactions.
She also takes an active interest in pro bono and community work both inside and outside the firm.
Memberships
Country of Admission: Luxembourg
Education
Melinda studied law at the University of Strasbourg and was a PhD student in constitutional law.
In the context of her PhD studies, Melinda obtained a scholarship for a Fulbright Seminar, which was conducted at Lafayette College.
Lawyer Rankings
Luxembourg > Banking, finance and capital markets
(Leading partners)Leveraging ‘excellent industry knowledge’ across the banking and capital markets landscape, as well as being abreast of relevant market trends, Linklaters ‘delivers top quality work’ to a myriad stakeholders engaged in new money and refinancing work. Much of this is cross-border, with the firm collaborating ‘extremely well with other offices’ throughout the network to provide a compelling service on many high-profile transactions. The tone is set by ‘exceptional’ team head Melinda Perera, who ‘has all the technical skills necessary to execute complex financings’ throughout the capital structure, with recent work encompassing cross-border restructurings, real estate finance and supranational debt capital markets transactions. The ‘excellent’ Patrick Geortay is also a key member of the team and is particularly active advising on leveraged and asset finance transactions. On the regulatory front, Eliane Dejardin Botelho excels at providing ‘tailor made and out of the box solutions’ to clients both on standalone matters, as well as in the context of financial services M&A. Nicki Kayser also maintains a vibrant transactional practice, including on fund financings, DCM and structured financings, work which he combines with his duties as managing partner.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets Luxembourg
- Leading partners Luxembourg > Banking, finance and capital markets
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction