Melanie Shone

Senior Associate
Mel collaborates with clients to provide tax and share scheme expertise.
Mel collaborates with clients to provide tax and share scheme expertise.

About

Mel is an approachable and capable adviser, specialising in business taxation and share schemes.

She originally joined Stevens & Bolton in 2019, arriving from a leading US firm where she built a practice advising the private equity funds industry and its portfolio investments. Since joining Stevens & Bolton, Mel has worked alongside a diverse range of clients, from individual entrepreneurs to large multi-national organisations. She provides pragmatic advice, specialising in helping her clients to navigate the technical nuances of the tax landscape. A significant portion of her work involves providing seamless tax support for both buy and sell-side corporatetransactions.

Working closely with her clients and their other advisers, Mel devises a variety of employee share schemes. She is known for her clear communication, collaborative working style and attention to detail.

Melanie is a member of the firm’s retail sector group and has authored a number of articles on topical tax matters.

Expertise
Corporate exits Share schemes Tax advisory

Experience

  • Recent work
    • Advising an international listed entertainment and media platform on its acquisitions of two UK businesses, including on the exercise of employee shares;
    • Advising the shareholders of a digital marketing agency on the sale of the company to an industry-leading technology platform;
    • Advising investors and investee companies on start-up equity fundraisings and availability of investor tax reliefs;
    • Designing and implementing a multi-jurisdiction employee share option scheme.
  • Qualifications and recognition
    • First Class (Honours) LLB, University of London;
    • MA (LPC with Business), University of Law (formerly known as BPP).
  • Advising an international listed entertainment and media platform on its acquisitions of two UK businesses, including on the exercise of employee shares;
  • Advising the shareholders of a digital marketing agency on the sale of the company to an industry-leading technology platform;
  • Advising investors and investee companies on start-up equity fundraisings and availability of investor tax reliefs;
  • Designing and implementing a multi-jurisdiction employee share option scheme.
  • First Class (Honours) LLB, University of London;
  • MA (LPC with Business), University of Law (formerly known as BPP).
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