Practice areas: Business & Corporate, International, Closely Held Business; view more
Licensed in New York since: 2012
Education: Boston University School of Law
Languages spoken: English, Italian
Melchionna, PLLC
437 Madison AveFloor 24
New York, NY 10022 Phone: 212-344-7776 Email: Luca C.M. Melchionna Visit website
Luca CM Melchionna has 25+ years of experience in both private practice and academia, in Italy and in the United States. He is a transactional attorney with a focus on regulatory, compliance, and M&A/tax. Luca currently represents and assists multinational companies and institutional entities in a variety of corporate, commercial, and tax law matters. He assists buyers and investors in the formation and/or acquisition of U.S. companies, local assets, and international business transactions.
Luca is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and before the following courts: U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. District Court of the Western District of Michigan. He is also a member of the New York City Bar, the American Bar Association (ABA), and the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA). He currently serves as chair of the Technology and Venture Law Committee of the Business Law Section (BLS) of NYSBA.
Luca is also Counselor of Legal Affairs of the Permanent Delegation to the UN of EPLO, the European Public Law Organization, a thirty-year-old international organization dedicated to the promotion of the Rule of Law.
Practice areas
Business/Corporate, International, Closely Held Business, Food and Drugs, Mergers & Acquisitions, Tax: BusinessFirst Admitted: 2002
Professional Webpage: https://www.melchionnalaw.com/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Chair of the Technology and Venture Law Committee of the Business Law Section , 2024
- Chair of the NYSBA Business Law Section, 2026
- Vice-Chair of the NYSBA Business Law Section, 2025
Educational Background
- Sapienza University of Rome, School of Law Juris Doctor – Comparative Law.
- Sapienza University of Rome, Business School, Master in International Business Law., 1999-2000
- Sapienza University of Rome, School of Political Science, Master in International Tax Law, with High Honors., 2000-2001
- Cornell School of Law – Université Paris I, Pantheon, Summer Institute of Comparative Law, certificate.
- Harvard University, J.F.K. School of Government, Tax and Revenue Management Executive Education Certification.
- Visiting Scholar at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University , 2008-2009
Honors
- Deam's Teaching Award - St. John's Law School, Law School, 2009
Industry Groups
- Food & Beverage; Alcohol; Chemical; Technology; Fashion; Art; Mechanics; Construction.
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2026