Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Finance

Melissa Jones-Prus is a partner in the firm’s Asset Finance practice, focusing on complex debt and equity transactions in the aviation sector.

Melissa regularly represents lessors, asset managers, airlines, commercial banks and other financiers and investors in all manner of aircraft-backed debt and equity transactions. Melissa is adept at navigating complex cross-border structures and issues. Melissa negotiates commercial financings, warehouse facilities, export credit-supported financings, operating leases, sales and other portfolio transactions, capital markets offerings, joint ventures and private equity investments, many of which have won “Deal of the Year” awards. Melissa also advises on debt restructurings and insolvency proceedings in the aviation sector, including in airline bankruptcies.

J.D., University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, 2009

M.A., University of Toronto, 2009

B.A. (Hons), McGill University, 2006
First Class Honours