LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2025 – Proskauer, a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that partner Don Melamed has been named to Los Angeles Business Journal's 2025 "Leaders of Influence: Private Equity, Investors & Advisors" list. The annual honor recognizes the most notable private equity professionals in the Los Angeles region. Nominees are selected based on their professional achievements, milestones and significant accomplishments.
Don is a partner in Proskauer's Private Funds Group and co-head of the Firm's Real Assets Group. He has extensive experience in the real assets, buyout, growth equity and impact investing sectors, with leading clients in several industries. Don's expertise goes beyond traditional private fund formation matters to include a range of complex transactions including recapitalizations and reorganizations at the platform level and through GP-led deals, direct investments, co-investment arrangements and joint ventures. Leveraging his experience in the asset management space, Don also advises executive management teams, operators and money partners on a variety of fundraising and investment initiatives.
Most recently, Don advised affiliates of DigitalBridge and DataBank Holdings Ltd. in raising $600 million to support a secondary share sale and primary investment in DataBank. The transaction provided liquidity to existing investors while securing new capital to support DataBank's continued expansion and strategic initiatives. Don also played a key role in advising DigitalBridge portfolio company Vantage Data Centers in a landmark $9.2 billion equity investment led by DigitalBridge and Silver Lake. The capital raise was significantly oversubscribed and upsized by $2.8 billion with participation from multiple global investors.
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