Melissa Laurenza > Akin > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Akin Offices
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Melissa Laurenza
Work Department
Partner; Lobbying & Public Policy
Position
Melissa Laurenza heads Akin’s Political Law practice, specializing in advising clients on navigating complex legal frameworks surrounding interactions with federal and state officials encompassing pay to play laws, lobbying, campaign finance, ethics and other regulatory areas. She assists clients spanning financial services, private equity, hedge funds, corporations, media and entertainment companies, law firms, lobbying firms, trade associations and high-net-worth individuals. Melissa helps establish and maintain compliance systems, covering laws such as the Lobbying Disclosure Act, Foreign Agents Registration Act and rules like Rule 206(4)-5 for investment advisors. She provides counsel on political activities, including testifying before legislative bodies, drafting op-eds and representing clients in federal and state investigations, including before the Department of Justice, Federal Election Commission and Government Accounting Office.
Melissa’s practice assists politically active entities to ensure adherence to applicable regulations. Her recent work involves clients from commercial banks, energy companies, insurance firms, hedge funds, private equity firms, entertainment companies and individuals transitioning between government and private sectors.
To learn more about Melissa, please visit her full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/melissa-l-laurenza.html
Career
Counsel, Policy Advisor to FEC Chairman Michael E. Toner
Deputy to the Finance Director, National Republican Senatorial Committee
Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) office
Memberships
D.C. and Virginia Bar Associations
Education
J.D., George Mason University of Law.
B.A., Vanderbilt University
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism