Ms Meme Peponis > Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Offices
650 California St
Suite 2000
San Francisco
CALIFORNIA
94108
United States
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Ms Meme Peponis
Position
Meme Peponis is a partner based in the New York office. Ms. Peponis’ practice focuses on acquisition and distressed financing. She also has extensive experience in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions; private equity, joint venture and other investments; and public and private securities offerings. M
Career
Ms. Peponis joined the firm in 1996 and became a partner in 2006. She previously worked as a summer associate in the firm’s New York and Frankfurt offices in 1995.
Memberships
Ms. Peponis is a member of the Bar in New York.
Education
Ms. Peponis received a J.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1996 and an undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Yale College in 1992.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Commercial lending
(Leading partners)Noted for its expertise in acquisition finance, asset-based facilities, and leveraged loans, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is knowledgeable of syndicated transactions. Operating out of New York, Meme Peponis’ broad caseload encompasses debt financing and high-yield bonds. Peponis is also a key contact for private equity funds, public companies, and sovereign wealth funds, while Duane McLaughlin is versed in debt capital issues, acquisition financing, and debt finance. Amy Shapiro oversees the firm’s fund and sponsor finance team and is principally focused on fund and management company financing, while Matthew Mao is highly proficient in liability management transactions, equity investments, and debt financing.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Finance > Commercial lending
- Commercial lending United States > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Finance > Project finance
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense