Melissa Murawsky focuses her practice on securities and general corporate law. She serves a wide range of clients in business transactions and governance issues, including:
· public and private offerings
· mergers and acquisitions
· securities regulation, including representation before SEC, NASD, and state authorities
· SEC filings, statements, reports, and disclosure documents
· corporate governance issues and strategies
Memberships
Philadelphia Bar Association
Events
SEC HOT TOPICS INSTITUTE
[Event]
The RR Donnelley Hot Topics
The Union League of Philadelphia
September 21, 2011
Melissa Palat Murawsky
Publications
SEC/SRO UPDATE
[Article]
Wall Street Lawyer (Vol. 16, 5)
May 2012
Yelena M. Barychev, Melissa Palat Murawsky and Christin R. Cerullo
UP TO DATE: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SECURITIES LAWS
[Alert]
Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws (No. 4)
April 2012
Yelena M. Barychev, Christin R. Cerullo, Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky and Michael E. Plunkett
UP TO DATE: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SECURITIES LAWS
[Alert]
Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws (No. 3)
March 2012
Yelena M. Barychev, Christin R. Cerullo, Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Michael E. Plunkett and Thomas R. Westle
SEC/SRO UPDATE
[Article]
Wall Street Lawyer (Vol. 16, 3)
March 2012
Yelena M. Barychev, Melissa Palat Murawsky and Christin R. Cerullo
UP TO DATE: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SECURITIES LAWS
[Alert]
Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws (No. 2)
February 2012
Yelena M. Barychev, Christin R. Cerullo, Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky and Michael E. Plunkett
UP TO DATE: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SECURITIES LAWS
[Alert]
Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws (No. 1)
January 2012
Yelena M. Barychev, Christin R. Cerullo, Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky and Michael E. Plunkett
SEC/SRO UPDATE
[Article]
Wall Street Lawyer (Vol. 16, 1)
January 2012
Yelena M. Barychev, Melissa Palat Murawsky and Christin R. Cerullo
UP TO DATE: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SECURITIES LAWS
[Alert]
Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws (No. 3)
November/December 2011
Yelena M. Barychev, Christin R. Cerullo, Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky and Michael E. Plunkett
UP TO DATE: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SECURITIES LAWS
[Alert]
Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws (No. 2)
October 2011
Yelena M. Barychev, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Christin R. Cerullo, Francis E. Dehel and Michael E. Plunkett
UP TO DATE: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SECURITIES LAWS
[Alert]
Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws (No. 1)
September 2011
Yelena M. Barychev, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Christin R. Cerullo, Michael E. Plunkett and Francis E. Dehel
SEC/SRO UPDATE
[Article]
Wall Street Lawyer (Vol. 15, 9)
September 2011
Yelena M. Barychev, Melissa Palat Murawsky and Christin R. Cerullo
SEC ADOPTS FINAL RULES REGARDING INVESTMENT ADVISER REGISTRATION
[Article]
VC Experts
August 2, 2011
Melissa Palat Murawsky, Mary K. Stokes and Thomas R. Westle
SEC ADOPTS FINAL RULES REGARDING INVESTMENT ADVISER REGISTRATION
[Alert]
Corporate and Securities Update
June 2011 (No. 2)
Melissa Palat Murawsky, Mary K. Stokes and Thomas R. Westle
SWEEPING FEDERAL FINANCIAL REFORM ACT ENACTED:
WHAT THE DODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT MEANS FOR PUBLIC COMPANIES
[Alert]
Corporate and Securities Update
July 2010 (No. 5)
Yelena M. Barychev, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Francis E. Dehel and Christin R. Cerullo
Cases and Deals
GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION CLOSES $400 MILLION SENIOR SECURED MULTI-CURRENCY CREDIT FACILITY
[Deal]
July 25, 2011
Scott R. Smith, Lora M. Epstein, Alan H. Lieblich, Matthew J. Comisky, Joseph A. McFalls, Timothy A. French, et al.
Blank Rome negotiated and closed a $400 million senior secured multi-currency credit facility for General Cable Corporation.
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION IN TWO OFFERINGS FOR $1.14B
[Deal]
June 29, 2010
Melissa Palat Murawsky, Alan H. Lieblich, Timothy A. French, Francis E. Dehel, Daniel R. Blickman, Cory G. Jacobs, et al.
Lincoln National Corporation in two offerings worth $1.14 billion.
GSI COMMERCE ACQUIRES M3 MOBILE MARKETING
[Deal]
April 20, 2010
Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky and Megan E. Spitz
GSI Commerce, Inc. in its acquisition of M3 Mobile Marketing, a mobile marketing company.
GSI COMMERCE IN AN UNDERWRITTEN BLOCK TRADE OF $224M
[Deal]
February 22, 2010
Francis E. Dehel and Melissa Palat Murawsky
GSI Commerce, Inc. in an underwritten block trade of $224 million by a selling stockholder.
GSI COMMERCE IN BLOCK TRADE OF $50M COMMON STOCK
[Deal]
December 11, 2009
Melissa Palat Murawsky and Francis E. Dehel
GSI Commerce, Inc. in an underwritten block trade of $50 million common stock by former stockholders of Retail Convergence, Inc. (RCI).
GSI COMMERCE ACQUIRES INTERNET RETAILER FOR $350 MILLION
[Deal]
November 19, 2009
Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Karen L. Corliss, Richard J. McMahon, Barry L. Klein, Cory G. Jacobs, et al.
GSI Commerce, Inc. in its acquisition of Retail Convergence for $350 million.
GSI COMMERCE IN REGISTERED PUBLIC UNDERWRITTEN OFFERING FOR $232 MILLION
[Deal]
August 18, 2009
Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Alan H. Lieblich, Yelena M. Barychev, Daniel R. Blickman and Christin R. Cerullo
GSI Commerce in a registered public underwritten offering of $232 million of common stock.
LINCOLN FINANCIAL GROUP IN OFFERING OF $500M OF NOTES
[Deal]
June 2009
Melissa Palat Murawsky
Lincoln Financial Group in a public offering of $500 million of senior notes.
OMEGA FINANCIAL ACQUIRED BY F.N.B. FOR $393 MILLION
[Deal]
April 1, 2008
Lawrence R. Wiseman, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Francis E. Dehel, Arthur Bachman and Cory G. Jacobs
Omega Financial Corp. in its acquisition by F.N.B. Corp. for $393 million.
NCO GROUP TO ACQUIRE OUTSOURCING SOLUTIONS FOR $325 MILLION
[Deal]
February 29, 2008
Lawrence R. Wiseman, Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Margaret Anne Hill, Arthur Bachman, Barry L. Klein, et al.
NCO Group, Inc., in its definitive agreement to acquire Outsourcing Solutions Inc., for $325 million.
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION CLOSES DEAL WORTH $375 MILLION
[Deal]
October 9, 2007
Alan H. Lieblich, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Ethan M. Seer, Joseph T. Gulant, Cory G. Jacobs, Yelena M. Barychev, et al.
Lincoln National Corporation in a securities offering of senior notes worth $375 million.
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION CLOSES DEALS FOR $1.1 BILLION
[Deal]
March 14, 2007
Alan H. Lieblich, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Emanuel J. Adler, Yelena M. Barychev and Joseph T. Gulant
Lincoln National Corporation, also known as Lincoln Financial Group, in three deals closing worth $1.1 billion.
ONE EQUITY PARTNERS ACQUIRES NCO GROUP FOR $1.26 BILLION
[Deal]
November 15, 2006
Arthur Bachman, Francis E. Dehel, Cory G. Jacobs, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Mathew S. Rotenberg and Lawrence R. Wiseman
NCO Group, Inc., in its acquisition by One Equity Partners for $1.2 billion.
$20.8 MILLION SECONDARY PUBLIC OFFERING FOR PENNSYLVANIA COMMERCE BANCORP
[Deal]
November 18, 2004
Linsey B. Bozzelli, Melissa Palat Murawsky and Lawrence R. Wiseman
Blank Rome Closes $20.8 Million Secondary Public Offering for Pennsylvania Commerce Bancorp