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Stephen M. Meli

Partner, Foley & Lardner

Boston, MA

Stephen M. Meli is a partner at Foley & Lardner in Boston, working on fund formation, private equity funds and venture funds; in practice since 2008; previously at Proskauer Rose.

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Overview

Office
Boston, MA
Experience
In practice since 2008 · 18 years
Main practice
Fund formation
Represents
GPs and Sponsors; LPs and Investors
Client focus
Emerging Managers

Appears in: Where Private Fund Lawyers Went to Law School, a FundOpsHQ guide that names everyone it counts.

Source: foley.com, as of Oct 24, 2026. View the bio

Practice

  • Fund formationthe practice the bio leads with

    From the bio
    “Stephen M. Meli is co-chair of the firm’s Fund Formation & Investment Management Practice.”

  • Private equity funds

    From the bio
    “Steve focuses his practice on lower and middle market buyout, growth equity, venture capital, credit, and other private funds”

  • Venture funds

    From the bio
    “Steve focuses his practice on lower and middle market buyout, growth equity, venture capital, credit, and other private funds”

  • Private credit funds

    From the bio
    “Steve focuses his practice on lower and middle market buyout, growth equity, venture capital, credit, and other private funds”
2 more practices

  • Secondaries

    From the bio
    “Steve regularly represents lower and middle market sponsors in connection with GP-led and other complex secondary transactions”

  • Funds regulatory

    From the bio
    “SEC registration and compliance, carried interest structuring, and co-investment arrangements.”

Read from the practice description in the bio on foley.com, as of Oct 24, 2026.

Experience

In practice since 2008 · 18 years

Based on: J.D., magna cum laude, Suffolk University Law School, 2008.

Before Foley & Lardner

Years and earlier employers as stated in the bio on foley.com, as of Oct 24, 2026.

Education and admissions

Education
  • Suffolk University Law School, J.D., magna cum laude (2008)
  • University of New Hampshire, B.S., cum laude (2004)
Bar admissions

As the bio lists them. We do not check whether a licence is current; each state’s own lookup does.

As listed in the bio on foley.com, as of Oct 24, 2026.

Colleagues at Foley & Lardner

Fund Lawyers in Boston at other firms

All 163

Partners with practices in common with Stephen, most in common first.

  • John A. Beck

    Proskauer RosePractices in common: fund formation, private equity funds

  • Patrick J. Bianchi

    Troutman Pepper LockePractices in common: fund formation, private equity funds

  • Kari K. Harris

    MintzPractices in common: fund formation, private equity funds

  • Michael R. Suppappola

    Proskauer RosePractices in common: fund formation, private equity funds

  • Eric D. Belsley

    Foley HoagPractices in common: fund formation, private equity funds

  • Bradley Van Buren

    Holland & KnightPractices in common: fund formation, private equity funds

Questions about Stephen M. Meli

What does Stephen M. Meli work on?

Foley & Lardner’s bio of Stephen M. Meli leads with fund formation, and also lists private equity funds, venture funds, private credit funds, secondaries and funds regulatory. It says Stephen M. Meli acts for sponsors (GPs) and investors (LPs).

Where is Stephen M. Meli based?

In Foley & Lardner’s Boston office.

How long has Stephen M. Meli practised?

Since 2008, 18 years, going by the bio (J.D., magna cum laude, Suffolk University Law School, 2008).

Where did Stephen M. Meli work before Foley & Lardner?

The bio names Proskauer Rose.

Where did Stephen M. Meli study?

Suffolk University Law School and University of New Hampshire.

Where is Stephen M. Meli admitted to practise?

The bio lists Massachusetts.

How can I contact Stephen M. Meli?

Through the bio page on foley.com. FundOpsHQ does not publish email addresses or phone numbers.