MELISSA LUZZI
Miami,USA
Summary
Licensed attorney in Florida and Brazil. Specialized in transactional and corporate matters. Practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, counseling multinational corporations on their operations, and assisting foreign individuals to set up businesses in Florida. Possess strong communication skills, and has expertize in conducting due diligence, drafting transaction agreements and ancillary documents, reviewing and negotiating domestic and international commercial agreements, and implementing compliance and data privacy policies in line with anti-corruption and data privacy laws.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate
Kennedys Law Firm
Miami, FL
11.2021 - Current
- Advising clients on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, performing and coordinating due diligence process, drafting transaction agreements and ancillary documents necessary to close deals
- Assisting multinational corporations review, draft, and negotiate international and domestic agreements, including distribution, purchase, vendor, non-disclosure, subscription, master services, consulting, independent contractor, software license, and other agreements necessary for their operations
- Advising insurers with sellers’ representations and warranties breaches in acquisition agreements claims under the Representations and Warranties Insurance policies
- Helping entrepreneurs from Latin America to begin or expand their business to Miami, or restructured existing companies to appropriately fit clients strategic goals
- Drafting corporate documents for incorporating companies in Florida, such as: articles of incorporation, operating agreements, shareholders agreements, by-laws, and minutes of the board of directors and shareholders
- Advising clients on regulatory aspects of their business and operational structures
- Guiding clients on legal compliance questions including privacy matters
Lawyer
Sysmex America, Inc.
Miami, FL
10.2019 - 11.2021
- Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated contracts, including: purchase agreements, loan agreements, distribution agreements, consulting services agreements, speaker agreements, lease agreements, confidentiality agreements, and other agreements to support the operations of the company
- Drafted and review of domestic and international corporate documents
- Advised on all legal issues arising in the day-to-day operations of the affiliates located in Latin America, including labor matters
- Supported marketing department on risks and compliance of companies in the heath segment
- Implemented compliance policies
- Advised on HIPAA, privacy law and regulation in Latin America, including data protection and privacy, data retention, data transfers, data security and data breach rules
Lawyer
Beacon Hill Group, LLC
Miami, FL
11.2017 - 02.2018
- Temporarily work focus on an antitrust matter involving a Brazilian company
Lawyer
Garcia & Qayum Law Group, P.A.
Miami, FL
04.2017 - 07.2017
- Elaborated immigration procedures and assisted families seeking for political asylum, or facing immigration detention or removal proceedings
Legal Intern
Grunenthal Latin America, Inc.
Miami, FL
05.2015 - 09.2016
- Assisted the Lead Global Legal, Megan Renze, with daily issues related to the regional affiliate of the company located in Panama, and with other affiliates located in Latin America, such as Colombia, Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador
- Reviewed contracts (standard and non-standard) to verify its compliance with internal policy, and also law and regulations applicable
- These types of contracts include: licensing agreements, NDAs, distribution agreements, co-promotion agreements, traceability agreements and MOUs
- Elaborated presentations about the overview of the arbitration law and antitrust law in Latin America
- Organized corporate documents of the affiliates
Legal Manager
Noble Brasil S.A.
São Paulo, Brazil
03.2008 - 02.2014
- Responsible for supervising five people from the Legal Department
- Directly reported to the Brazilian Head of Legal and to the Group General Counsel located in Hong Kong
- Advised on all legal issues arising in the day-to-day operations of Noble group in Brazil, including trading of commodities, all the of the supply chain to export commodities, industrial activities, sugar mills, warehouses operations, and port terminals
- Participated in all M&A transactions and corporate restructurings since 2008, comprising acquisitions exceeding USD 1 billion, including the audit of such purchase targets, negotiation of share purchase agreements and closing documents
- Advised Noble Global operations on major potential investments in Brazil mainly focused on the agribusiness and mining industries
- Provided analysis of liability risks and identified risks dealing with agribusiness and the export of agricultural commodities
- Drafted and reviewed contracts, corporate documents, memoranda of understanding, letters of intention, confidentiality agreements, contracts for the purchase and sale of the commodities, contracts for the construction of industrial plants, transaction of import and export of goods and services, financing and other banking transactions, derivatives agreements, export pre-payment transactions, and real estate property transactions
- Suggested best strategies for structuring the financing of purchase and export transactions
- Followed up with the construction of five soybean warehouses and two port terminals
- Established various legal policies of Group Noble in Brazil and organized the legal department
- Negotiated with and coordinated with external lawyers
- Reviewed legal department’s budget of USD 3million
Education
Joint Degree LLM/JD Candidate -
University of Miami School of Law
Coral Gables, FL12.2016
Skills
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Transactional Work
- Task prioritization
- Compliance Matters
Languages
- Portuguese, native
- English, fluent
- Spanish, advanced
Timeline
Associate
Kennedys Law Firm
11.2021 - Current
Lawyer
Sysmex America, Inc.
10.2019 - 11.2021
Lawyer
Beacon Hill Group, LLC
11.2017 - 02.2018
Lawyer
Garcia & Qayum Law Group, P.A.
04.2017 - 07.2017
Legal Intern
Grunenthal Latin America, Inc.
05.2015 - 09.2016
Legal Manager
Noble Brasil S.A.
03.2008 - 02.2014
Joint Degree LLM/JD Candidate -
University of Miami School of Law
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