BOSTON, September 10, 2025: Morgan Lewis welcomes Shannon Zollo, Joshua French, and Meghan Kelly to the firm’s M&A and private equity practices. The trio joins from Nutter, McClennen & Fish, where Shannon led that firm’s M&A and private equity practice. The group adds to a dynamic and growing M&A practice at Morgan Lewis, representing companies across industries in all stages of their business life cycle.
“Businesses and private equity sponsors navigating the intensifying deal landscape in today’s economy are faced with both significant challenges and remarkable opportunities that demand agility and strategic foresight, which is why they turn to Morgan Lewis,” said Firm Chair Jami McKeon. “The addition of Shannon, Josh, and Meghan enhances the firm’s global M&A and private equity platforms, which have already seen exciting growth with our significant expansion in Paris earlier this year and in related practices across business centers around the globe.”
The team works closely together and advises clients on all aspects of M&A, debt and equity and venture capital transactions, and corporate governance issues across a range of industries including life sciences, healthcare, technology, manufacturing, consumer retail, and defense. Shannon, Josh, and Meghan have strong relationships with investment banks and Boston-based businesses with which they have worked repeatedly on transactions.
“Shannon, Josh, and Meghan add strength and depth to our M&A and private equity practices as we continue our strategy to further build upon our regional and global capabilities,” said Christina Melendi, leader of the firm’s corporate and business transactions practice. “The team brings an extensive deal list representing private companies across many industry sectors and, just as important, they share our collaborative and entrepreneurial approach to client service. We are thrilled to welcome them to the firm.”
Morgan Lewis’s M&A and private equity practices support clients on their most important and complex strategic transactions across industries and geographies, working across 32 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia and delivering seamless cross-border deal execution and practical solutions for the full spectrum of corporate and transactional issues. Highly recognized by Chambers and The Legal 500, and consistently ranked in the Refinitiv, Mergermarket, and FactSet league tables, in the last few years alone the firm has advised on thousands of M&A transactions for strategics, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, investors, and financial institutions around the world.
The addition of Shannon, Josh, and Meghan follows arrivals in the firm’s Boston office of cybersecurity, incident response, privacy, and information management practice partner Heather Egan and former US Department of Justice Tax Division attorney partner Tamara Shepard.