Melanie J. Gnazzo

Melanie Gnazzo is a partner at Chapman and is Co-Leader of the firm’s Asset Securitization Department, former leader of the Tax Department, and a member of the Equipment Finance and Project Finance practice groups. She also serves as the San Francisco Office Leader.

Melanie represents a wide range of finance companies and funding sources engaged in structured finance and securitization transactions, as well as in portfolio acquisitions, dispositions, restructurings and joint ventures involving financial assets. She also provides advice with respect to tax advantaged financial and renewable energy products and investment vehicles. She has considerable experience providing both commercial and tax law advice in such transactions.

Melanie is a regular speaker at industry forums on energy, equipment finance, lender finance and securitization matters.