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Patricia Vella acts on a broad spectrum of corporate matters. These include transactional work with household name clients.
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Patricia regularly provides advice on corporate governance matters and a variety of corporate transactions for publicly traded and privately held corporations. Patricia is often called upon to advise on mergers and acquisitions, financings, asset sales and other significant transactions.
Her work includes structuring complex transactions and often involves counseling boards of directors and board committees on their fiduciary duties and the technical aspects of Delaware corporate law.
Actively involved with the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section, Patricia currently serves as the Delaware Liaison to the Mergers & Acquisitions Committee. She is a former Vice Chair of the M&A Committee and a former Co-Chair of the Subcommittee on Acquisitions of Public Companies of the M&A Committee. She currently serves on the Corporate Laws Committee as the M&A Committee Liaison. She was a member of the Corporate Laws Committee from 2014-2020 and served as Co-Chair of the MBCA Implementation and Outreach Subcommittee. From 2011-2018, she also served as Co-Chair of the Joint Task Force on Governance Issues in Business Combinations. As part of her role as Task Force Co-Chair, she served as an editor of The Role of Directors in M&A Transactions: A Governance Handbook for Directors, Management and Advisors.
Patricia is a member of the Council of the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association and, in that capacity, participates in the annual review of, and preparation of amendments to, the Delaware General Corporation Law. She was appointed by the Delaware Supreme Court to serve as a member of the court’s Board on Professional Responsibility from 2012-2018. In 2018, she became a fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel, in 2019 was named to the Board of Trustees and Secretary, and in 2023 was elected Vice Chair.
Law Clerk to the Honorable Randy J. Holland, Delaware Supreme Court, 1996-1997
American Bar Association (Business Law Section: Corporate Laws Committee (M&A Committee Liaison, MBCA Implementation and Outreach Subcommittee Co-Chair 2014-2020), Mergers and Acquisitions Committee Delaware Liaison, Vice Chair 2020-2024 (Subcommittee on Acquisitions of Public Companies Co-Chair 2016-2022, Joint Task Force on Governance Issues in Business Combinations Co-Chair 2011-2018, Subcommittee on M&A Jurisprudence, Annual Survey Working Group)); American College of Governance Counsel (Fellow, Board of Trustees, Vice Chair); Delaware State Bar Association (Council of the Corporation Law Section)
Co-edited the ABA publication The Role of Directors in M&A Transactions: A Governance Handbook for Directors, Management and Advisors.
Villanova University School of Law
JD, magna cum laude,
1996
University of Delaware
BS, business administration, magna cum laude,
1992
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Patricia Vella acts on a broad spectrum of corporate matters. These include transactional work with household name clients.
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Tricia's level of responsiveness, sophistication and depth of knowledge is very strong.
Tricia Vella is a very smart and experienced Delaware lawyer, and she has a great personality that builds trust and rapport and allows her to communicate effectively when advising clients.
Tricia is extremely knowledgeable and commercial. She knows about all the latest developments and is very practical.
Tricia's level of responsiveness, sophistication and depth of knowledge is very strong.
Tricia Vella is a very smart and experienced Delaware lawyer, and she has a great personality that builds trust and rapport and allows her to communicate effectively when advising clients.
Tricia is extremely knowledgeable and commercial. She knows about all the latest developments and is very practical.