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Melanie Albert Lehman
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Melanie Albert Lehman
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York, PA

Melanie Lehman is the general counsel of a privately held manufacturing company. Prior to this position, her practice included representation of clients in business matters, review and negotiation of contracts, representing clients in asset and stock sales and purchases and counseling business owners and managers with transactions, contracts, commercial matters and financing. She has represented lenders and borrowers in commercial loans and Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 issues. Melanie advised clients on entity selection and with governing documents, such as partnership agreements, shareholders agreements and operating agreements. She has participated in numerous seminars and panel discussions dealing with commercial and business issues.

Finance
Melanie has represented lenders and borrowers in many types of loan transactions, including secured and unsecured facilities, participated and syndicated loans, IDOTs, real estate acquisition and construction loans and tax-exempt financing. 

Mergers and Acquisitions 
Melanie has represented clients in business purchases and sales, both stock and assets, with deal values ranging in size from approximately $1 million to more than $100 million. She has assisted clients from the confidentiality agreement and letter of intent stage, through due diligence and negotiation of the purchase agreement to the closing.  

Business Law 
Melanie often served clients in an “outside general counsel” role by providing general business legal advice, risk management, contract review and drafting and coordination of legal services in other areas. She regularly advised clients in entity selection, governing documents and terms and conditions of sale.

RECOGNITIONS
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law (2022, 2023, 2024) Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2024)
  • Central Penn Business Journal (Forty Under 40, 2004)
MEMBERSHIPS
  • York County Bar Association, former board member
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
Melanie Albert Lehman
Education
  • Emory University Law School, J.D., with distinction
  • Emory University, B.A.
Admissions
  • Pennsylvania
  • U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Supreme Court
Capabilities
Community Involvement
Performing Arts Foundation of Hanover

Board member

South George Street Community Partnership

Former board member

York County Community Foundation

Former board member, former chair of the Board Development Committee; former member of the Executive Committee and former member of the Strategic Planning Committee

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