Summary
Chris Melville is a seasoned international legal advisor and managing partner based in Ulaanbaatar with over two decades’ experience structuring complex mining, energy and infrastructure deals across emerging markets. He leads Melville Erdenedalai (M&E) LLP—built from Hogan Lovells’ Mongolian practice—and regularly advises international clients, SOEs and Mongolian counterparties on multi-billion-dollar financings, IPPs, hydro projects and strategic farm-outs. Known for deep local insight “by marriage and by design,” he combines practical market knowledge with experience in high-stakes cross-border M&A, restructurings and dispute risk management. Chris pairs Cambridge-honed analytical rigor with a hands-on approach to deal execution, and retains a knack for memorable, unconventional past assignments spanning Russia to Mongolia.
10 years of coding experience
B.A., History, Double First Class, B.A., History, Double First Class at University of Cambridge