About Peter M. Melampy

Peter Melampy advises public and private companies, private equity sponsors, and early-stage businesses on complex transactions and corporate and securities matters. He works closely with clients to structure and negotiate significant transactions, offering practical, commercially-focused guidance. Since joining Blank Rome, he has represented clients across industries, including technology, transportation, industrials, financial services, consumer products, and energy.

Peter counsels clients on transactional and securities matters throughout the corporate lifecycle, including:

  • Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, including carve-outs and cross-border deals
  • Private equity transactions and representation of portfolio companies
  • Public and private securities offerings and tender offers
  • Venture financings and other capital-raising transactions
  • SEC reporting, NYSE and Nasdaq listing compliance, and other securities matters
  • Corporate governance counseling, commercial agreements, and general corporate matters
  • Business planning, entity formation, and reorganizations

Before joining Blank Rome, Peter was a corporate associate at a full-service New York law firm, representing clients in middle-market M&A, private equity transactions, and public securities offerings.

While attending the University of Chicago Law School, Peter clerked for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division, Torts Branch, and served as a staff member on the University of Chicago Legal Forum.

Peter currently serves on Blank Rome’s Recruiting Committee.

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Experience

  • Raventós Codorníu, Spain’s oldest winemaking group and a portfolio company of the Carlyle Group, in its sale of Artesa Winery, a 150-acre Napa Valley estate winery in Carneros, California, to an affiliate of Jean-Charles Boisset, president of Boisset Collection.
  • FGI Worldwide LLC, a leading provider of working capital financing and trade credit insurance solutions, in its acquisition by the Private Equity business within Goldman Sachs Alternatives.
  • J.F. Lehman & Company, a leading New York-based private equity firm focused on the aerospace, defense, government, maritime, environmental, and infrastructure sectors, in its acquisition of Wellman Dynamics, a provider of large-scale, high-complexity magnesium and aluminum sand castings for aerospace and defense applications.
  • PHX Minerals Inc. (NYSE: PHX) in the approximately $187 million all-cash acquisition of PHX by WhiteHawk Income Corporation, structured as a public tender offer followed by a second-step merger.
  • Clarivate PLC (NYSE: CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, in several transactions, including:
    • its divestiture of ScholarOne Manuscripts and ScholarOne Conferences to Silverchair, a portfolio company of Thompson Street Capital Partners and independent hosting platform partner for scholarly and professional publishers.
    • its acquisition of Global QMS, Inc., a provider of cloud-based solutions that enable life sciences clients to automate regulatory reporting and compliance management.
    • its $302.5 million divestiture of MarkMonitor, an industry-leading enterprise-level provider of domain management solutions, to Newfold Digital, a leading web and commerce technology provider backed by affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. and Siris Capital Group, LLC.
  • Shawmut Design and Construction, a national construction management firm, in its acquisition of all of the outstanding equity interests of First Finish, LLC, a full-service hotel and hospitality general contractor specializing in complex renovations.
  • Ryder System, Inc., a leader in supply chain, dedicated transportation, and fleet management solutions, in several transactions, including:
    • its acquisition of Impact Fulfillment Services, a provider of contract packaging, contract manufacturing, and warehousing for some of the largest and best-known consumer brands in the United States.
    • its $480 million acquisition of Whiplash, a leading national provider of omnichannel fulfillment and logistics services.
    • its $275 million acquisition of Illinois-based Midwest Warehouse and Distribution System, which operates nine multi-client and eight dedicated-customer warehouses in five regions, primarily in the greater Chicago area, as well as New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas. 
  • Balmoral Funds, a Los Angeles based private equity firm its take-private acquisition of Trecora Resources (NYSE: TREC), a Texas-based owner and operator of a specialty petrochemicals facility specializing in high purity hydrocarbons and other petrochemical manufacturing and a specialty wax facility.
  • Adara Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its initial business combination with Alliance Entertainment Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AENT), a distributor and wholesaler of the world’s largest in-stock selection of music, movies, video games, electronics, arcades, and collectibles.
  • Victor Capital Partners, a New York-based middle-market private equity firm that invests in branded companies in the industrial technology, business service, and specialty consumer industries, in:
    • its investment in Specialty Fenestration Group, a Houston-based diversified platform that designs and manufactures critical transaction and high-security window and door solutions through its subsidiaries, Quickserv Inc. and U.S. Bullet Proofing, Inc.
    • its investment in B-O-F Corporation, an Aurora, Illinois-based provider of innovative and highly customizable beverage and specialty shelving offerings for grocery, convenience, mass merchant, and specialty retailers.

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Bar Admissions

  • New York

Education

  • University of Chicago Law School, JD
  • University of Georgia, AB, summa cum laude, with highest honors

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