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Experience and career history

Melissa Fogarty specialises in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and corporate and commercial advisory work.

Melissa has experience in a range of public and private transaction work, including private treaty M&A, joint ventures, takeovers and corporate reorganisations.  Melissa also regularly advises clients on corporate law and corporate governance matters.

Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (BA/LLB) 2000
Admitted as a solicitor in Victoria, Australia 2002
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2008
Joined Clifford Chance 2010
Partner since 2012

Highlights of deals and projects

• Citigroup on its disposal of its interests in the EMI Group: the recorded music business to Universal Music for £1.2 billion, and the music publishing business to a consortium including Sony Corporation of America and Mubadala Development Corporation for US$2.2 billion
  
• International Power plc on the US$20 billion combination of International Power and the international energy assets of GDF SUEZ, and on the subsequent offer by GDF SUEZ to acquire the shares in International Power not already owned by it
  
• Santander on the disposal of its shareholding in Thames Water to China Investment Corporation
  
• Electra Partners LLP on the disposal of Capital Safety to KKR in a transaction valuing Capital Safety at US$1.1 billion