Mariela Melhem

Compliance and Crisis Management

Privacy and Data Protection

Mariela Melhem has more than 25 years of experience in domestic and international business law, investment projects, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and critical commercial contracts involving multiple jurisdictions, including Angola, Canada, China, Europe, Japan, Latin America, United States and the Middle and Far East. She advises large and small companies on all types of business-critical, national, and international commercial transactions providing practical, risk management-based solutions to structure transactions with suppliers, customers, licensors, distributors, and other strategic partners. In addition, she currently leads the Compliance and Crisis Management practice advising clients across such multiple jurisdictions, in corporate internal and external investigations, including workplace investigations such as those stemming from allegations of discrimination, harassment, violations of corporate policy, information technology, compliance concerns, anti-corruption, risk and crisis management.

She regularly advises clients designing and advising on the implementation of compliance policies and programs, training programs for different hierarchical levels, as well as conducting reviews of companies’ worldwide compliance programs, evaluating anti-corruption, ESG, third-party risk Management, due diligence and compliance in the context of international business transactions, foreign investments and mergers and acquisitions. Besides her longstanding expertise in ABC compliance, she has developed a unique practice in Argentina for global trade compliance matters related to economic sanctions and export control regulations compliance advising domestic and international customers on the matter.

Mariela Melhem is a senior partner in the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Compliance and Crisis Management, and Privacy and Data Protection practices at Mitrani Caballero. Previously, she was a senior associate with Bruchou, Fernández Madero, Lombardi & Mitrani (1999-2007), an associate with the Corporate Department of BakerBotts, LLP, New York Office (1998-1999), and visiting attorney at the Business & International Department of Vinson & Elkins, LLP in Houston, Texas (Summer Program, 1998). She is a member of the City of Buenos Aires Bar and the Vice president of its Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering Committee.