Melissa DiVincenzo

Melissa provides advice on corporate governance matters and private and public corporate transactions, including initial public offerings, mergers, asset sales, domestications, dissolutions and financing transactions. Clients look to Melissa for specialized knowledge of Delaware law when structuring transactions and confronting complex or novel corporate issues.

Her work also involves guiding Delaware corporations on the requirements of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL), counseling boards of directors and board committees with respect to fiduciary duties, and providing formal legal opinions on issues of Delaware law.

In her M&A practice, Melissa provides advice regarding public and private company acquisitions, fiduciary duty and conflict issues, and Delaware aspects of equity acquisition financing. She regularly serves as counsel to special committees of the boards of directors of Delaware corporations, providing insight on matters of Delaware law.

American College of Governance Counsel (Fellow); American Bar Association (Business Law Section, Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions); Delaware Board of Bar Examiners (appointed by Delaware Supreme Court, 2015-2017); Delaware State Bar Association (Council of the Corporation Law Section)