Clifford Chance
Melissa Fogarty specialises in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and corporate and commercial advisory work.
Melissa is Co-Head of our Corporate Practice in London. She is an experienced M&A practitioner who is particularly well regarded for her ability to lead multi-jurisdictional and cross-practice teams to support clients on complex transactions. Melissa also regularly advises clients on corporate law and corporate governance matters.
- Unilever PLC on the binding offer for the sale of its Elida Beauty Business to Yellow Wood Partners LLC
- Entain PLC on its acquisition, by public tender offer, of Polish sports book operator, STS
- Entain PLC on its acquisition of SuperSport and the formation of Entain CEE
- Entain PLC on the acquisition of BetCity, one of the leading online sports betting and gaming operators in the Netherlands
- The owner of Louis Dreyfus, one of the world's leading agricultural commodity traders, on the sale of a significant stake in LDC to a sovereign wealth fund in the Middle East
- Telefónica Tech on its acquisition of Cancom UK&I, to support to the continued growth of its cloud and cybersecurity divisions in the UK
- Citi on the sale of its consumer banking businesses in Taiwan and India, as part of Citi's announced strategy of focusing its consumer business in Asia and EMEA on wealth management out of Singapore, Hong Kong, UAE and London
- Barclays on the sale of its asset finance business, with total assets of £1.15 billion, to HPS Investments Partners
- Telefónica on the £31 billion merger of its UK subsidiary O2 with Liberty Global's Virgin Media
- Cellnex on its acquisition of Arqiva's telecoms division for £2 billion
- easyJet on the implications of Brexit, particularly in relation to the majority EU ownership and control requirements for maintaining flying rights within Europe following Brexit
- Barclays on the transfer of its EEA facing business to Ireland in preparation for Brexit
- easyJet on the acquisition of part of Air Berlin's operations at Berlin Tegel Airport
- Barclays on the sale of its wealth and investment management business in Singapore and Hong Kong to Bank of Singapore
- Citi on the disposal of its consumer banking business in Greece to Alpha Bank
- Citi on the disposal of its consumer banking business in Spain to Banco Popular
- Citi on the sale of its consumer banking business in Hungary
- Citi on the sale of its consumer banking business in Czech Republic
- Citi on the 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
News and client work
Contact details
- Clifford Chance, London
- +44 207006 4699
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- Practice area M&A corporate
- Sector Consumer goods & retail, Banks, Private equity
Career and qualifications
- 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
Awards and citations
- "Melissa is deeply committed to client service and to getting the deal done … She recently worked hand in hand with me on a difficult deal in a highly charged environment. She and her team dug in and really delivered for us - it was business partnering at its very best. Beyond that, what really sets her apart is her caring attitude, for her own team as well as for me and mine. This support, that goes beyond the standard client/partner relationship, is rare to find but hugely important…"
FTSE 100 General Counsel - Melissa is also recognised as a Leading Individual for Top-Tier M&A by Legal 500 UK 2020; and for Corporate M&A (High-End Capability) by Chambers. In the MergerLinks 2020 Top Dealmakers Rankings, Melissa placed: 5th position for Top Female M&A Lawyers in EMEA, 6th position for Top M&A Lawyers in the UK and 9th position for the Top M&A Lawyers in EMEA.