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Provided by 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.
Argentina: A Legal Toolbox for an Unprecedented Crisis, The Guide to Managing a Corporate Crisis Third Edition, Latin Lawyer Insight, 2021
New Corporate Criminal Liability Act – how to protect your organisation, The Investigation Review of the Americas 2019, Global Investigations Review, 2018
Los procesos de verificación (due diligence) y la transmisión de la responsabilidad en los procesos de fusión y adquisición de sociedades (arts. 3º y 23, inc. VII de la ley 27.401), Compliance, anticorrupción y responsabilidad penal empresaria, Suplemento Especial, Thompson Reuters La Ley, 2018
Argentina: current anti-corruption landscape, The Investigation Review of the Americas 2018, Global Investigations Review, 2017
Provided by Chambers
Well-regarded partner Mariela Melhem is an experienced compliance and corporate investigations practitioner who assists both domestic and international clients.
Provided by Chambers
Mariela Melhem has a deep understanding of the business and proactively anticipates its needs. She stays constantly updated on new developments and regulatory changes in the industry.
Mariela Melhem has a deep understanding of the business and proactively anticipates its needs. She stays constantly updated on new developments and regulatory changes in the industry.