Melissa Vance is an associate in the private equity transactions group in London. Melissa has a broad range of cross-border corporate experience including acting for both private equity investors and management across a range of sectors in private equity transactions. Prior to joining Ropes & Gray in 2024, Melissa trained and qualified at another U.S. law firm.

Experience

  • Advised the management team of Vanda Securities Pte Ltd, a global independent research company on its sale to software services investor, FPE Capital*
  • Advised AGIC Capital on the sale of Farsound Limited to global investment firm Onex Partners*
  • Advised a middle market-focused private equity firm on its bolt-on acquisition of a print marketing agency*
  • Advised Soho Square Capital on its structured minority growth investment in Assured Data Protection, a managed-service provider focused on backup and disaster recovery*
  • Advised Falfurrias Capital Partners on its investment in international media agency Brainlabs*
  • Advised August Equity portfolio company StarTraq on its acquisition of leading GovTech business Farthest Gate*

*Prior to joining Ropes & Gray

Areas of Practice

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