Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP

Corporate Counseling

Morris Nichols partner Melissa DiVincenzo 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. Melissa has represented Fortune 500 companies, retailers, energy companies, agriculture and food businesses, technology companies, and many others on matters of Delaware law.

Melissa is actively involved with the American Bar Association’s Mergers and Acquisitions Committee and serves as the co-chair of the Private Company Merger Agreement Working Group. Appointed by the Delaware Supreme Court, Melissa served on the Delaware Board of Bar Examiners from 2015-2017.  She previously served on the Delaware Bar Association’s subcommittee on Sections 204 and 205 of the DGCL.

Melissa frequently speaks on Delaware corporate law issues with a focus on M&A developments, the changing litigation landscape, and technical guidance from the Delaware courts on drafting matters.

American Bar Association (Business Law Section, Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions)

American College of Governance Counsel (Fellow)

Delaware Board of Bar Examiners (appointed by Delaware Supreme Court, 2015-2017)

Delaware State Bar Association (Council of the Corporation Law Section)

Ursuline Academy, Wilmington, DE (Board of Trustees, 2022-present)

Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University, JD, magna cum laude, 2001 The Dickinson Law Review, Comments Editor

Mount Saint Mary’s University, BA, English and History, magna cum laude, 1998