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Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
125 WOOD STREET
LONDON
EC2V 7AW
England
125 WOOD STREET
LONDON
EC2V 7AW
England
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Melvin Pedro

020 7753 7499 melvin.pedro@penningtonslaw.com
Work Department
Corporate.
Position
Melvin is a partner in the corporate team and a member of the management board. He has developed particular expertise in company acquisitions and disposals and financing arrangements (both debt and equity and advises a number of the firm’s major clients), particularly those in the real estate sector. He is also a regular speaker at conferences. He graduated from Durham University and was a trainee and solicitor at Clifford Chance. He joined Manches in 1984 and became a partner in 1988.
Career
Articled Clifford Chance; qualified 1983; joined Manches LLP 1984; partner since 1988.
Education
Hatfield College; Durham University (BA Hons Law 2(1)).
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Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Court of protection
- Employment > Employees/unions
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Immigration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: smaller deals, up to £50m
- Transport > Travel
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Employment > Senior executives
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Trade finance
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property litigation