What We Practice
Melchionna PLLC advises businesses, investors, and institutions on corporate, tax, and cross-border matters between the United States and Europe.
Our practice is rigorous in analysis, pragmatic in application, and global in perspective. From our office on Madison Avenue, the Firm counsels clients across the full life cycle of their business, from formation and investment through growth, transactions, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution.
The practice areas below work as one integrated team. A single cross-border transaction may involve corporate structuring, tax planning, trade compliance, data protection, and executive relocation. We coordinate these disciplines so clients receive coherent, commercially grounded advice.
Corporate & Business Law
Corporate law is the foundation of the Firm's practice. We advise companies, founders, investors, and boards on the legal framework governing the formation, operation, and restructuring of business entities, with an emphasis on achieving commercial objectives while managing legal risk.
The Firm acts as outside general counsel to growing and established companies, structuring entities, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, guiding governance decisions, and supporting significant transactions from due diligence through closing. For foreign companies entering the U.S. market, and U.S. companies expanding abroad, we align corporate structure with tax, regulatory, and operational considerations from the outset.
Key services
Entity formation, structuring, and corporate governance
Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
Securities offerings and ongoing compliance
Commercial contract drafting and negotiation
Board, shareholder, and investor matters
Corporate restructuring and reorganization
Due diligence and transaction support
Tax & International Taxation
The Firm advises clients on domestic and international tax matters, helping them structure transactions and investments efficiently while maintaining compliance across multiple jurisdictions. Our tax practice is closely integrated with our corporate and cross-border work, so that tax considerations inform business decisions rather than follow them.
We interpret complex tax regulations, develop planning strategies for transactions and cross-border investment, and represent clients before tax authorities. Where appropriate, we work alongside clients' accountants and financial advisors to deliver coordinated tax solutions.
Key services
Tax planning and structuring for transactions, including M&A
International tax structuring and transfer pricing
Cross-border and foreign investment structures
Tax treaty interpretation and coordination between national tax systems
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) compliance
Tax controversy and dispute resolution
State and local tax (SALT)
Employee benefits and executive compensation tax
Tax compliance and regulatory matters
Privacy, Cybersecurity & AI Law
As data and artificial intelligence become central to business operations, companies face a growing and fragmented body of regulation across the United States and Europe. The Firm advises clients on data protection, cybersecurity obligations, and AI governance, helping them manage technological risk while meeting their regulatory commitments.
Our work spans privacy compliance programs, incident response, AI governance frameworks, and cross-border data transfers, with particular attention to the intersection of U.S. requirements and European frameworks such as the GDPR and the EU AI Act.
Key services
Privacy compliance (GDPR, CCPA, and U.S. state privacy laws)
Data breach response and notification
Cybersecurity regulatory compliance
AI governance, risk assessments, and algorithmic auditing
EU AI Act and international framework assessments
Privacy-by-design implementation and privacy impact assessments
Cross-border data transfer agreements
Vendor and third-party risk management
International Trade
The Firm supports clients in the cross-border movement of goods, services, technology, and investment. We advise on compliance with U.S. trade regulations, help clients navigate sanctions and export controls, and structure international transactions to reduce regulatory exposure.
We also represent clients before U.S. government agencies in trade-related matters and advise on supply chain compliance in an environment of shifting tariffs, sanctions regimes, and investment screening.
Key services
Import and export compliance and customs law
Trade sanctions and export controls (OFAC, EAR, ITAR)
Anti-dumping and countervailing duty matters
Trade agreement compliance
Foreign investment review, including CFIUS
Supply chain compliance and risk management
Cross-Border Practice
Cross-border counsel between the United States and Europe is central to the Firm's identity. Our Cross-Border Practice brings together attorneys and professionals with experience across industries and legal systems to serve clients moving capital, operations, and people in both directions across the Atlantic.
Inbound: Europe to the United States
The Firm represents European businesses, investors, private clients, governmental organizations, and NGOs that operate in the United States or seek to establish or invest in U.S. ventures. We counsel clients on market entry and expansion, the structuring of corporate entities and tax arrangements for investment, mergers and acquisitions and their international tax implications, and the full range of legal matters that follow, including banking and finance, international trade, intellectual property, employment, and dispute resolution.
Outbound: United States to Europe and beyond
The Firm counsels U.S. businesses and entrepreneurs investing or operating in Europe. Drawing on familiarity with European legal systems, regulatory environments, and commercial practices, we give U.S. clients direct access to European legal perspective from New York. The Firm works alongside established law firms in major European commercial centers, including London, Paris, Brussels, Milan, Rome, Madrid, Zurich, Lugano, and Athens. Beyond Europe, the Firm has assisted U.S. companies expanding into India, the Middle East, Hong Kong, China, and Japan.
Key services
U.S. market entry and expansion for European companies
European market entry for U.S. companies
Cross-border corporate and investment structuring
Transatlantic mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
Coordination with foreign counsel across jurisdictions
International & Domestic Commercial Litigation
When disputes arise, the Firm represents clients in commercial litigation in the United States and in matters with an international dimension. We act for domestic companies in disputes arising from their business relationships, contracts, and transactions, and for foreign and U.S. clients in cross-border disputes involving parties, assets, or obligations in more than one jurisdiction. In every matter, we approach the dispute with a clear view of the client's commercial interests, seeking favorable outcomes while minimizing disruption to the business.
Our litigation work covers every stage of a dispute, including early risk assessment, pleadings and motions, discovery, settlement negotiation, trial, and appeal. In international matters, we coordinate with foreign counsel and address the procedural questions that cross-border disputes raise, such as jurisdiction, governing law, and the enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards.
Key services
Breach of contract disputes
Partnership and shareholder disputes
Business tort claims, including fraud and tortious interference
Employment disputes and class actions
Cross-border disputes and coordination with foreign counsel
Enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards
Litigation risk assessment and pre-dispute strategy
Executive Mobility
The Firm advises companies on the movement of senior executives and managers to the United States in support of their business operations and investments. Our practice concentrates on the two visa categories most relevant to international companies establishing or expanding a U.S. presence: the E treaty visas and the L intracompany transferee visa.
Executive mobility is often a decisive element of a cross-border investment or expansion, and we integrate it with our corporate, tax, and transactional work. Whether a European company is opening its first U.S. office, acquiring a U.S. business, or transferring leadership to an existing American subsidiary, we help structure the investment and the corporate relationship so that the executives who will run the business can qualify to do so.
E Treaty Trader and Treaty Investor Visas (E-1 and E-2). For nationals of countries that maintain a qualifying treaty with the United States, the E visas allow executives and managers to direct a U.S. enterprise engaged in substantial trade with, or funded by substantial investment from, their home country. We advise on qualification, investment structuring, and the preparation of applications, including consular filings.
L-1A Intracompany Transferee Visa. For multinational companies, the L-1A visa allows executives and managers who have worked for a foreign parent, subsidiary, affiliate, or branch to transfer to a related U.S. entity. We advise on qualifying corporate relationships, new-office petitions for companies establishing U.S. operations, and extensions as the U.S. business matures.
Key services
E-1 treaty trader and E-2 treaty investor visas
L-1A intracompany transfers, including new-office petitions
Structuring investments and corporate relationships to support visa eligibility
Visa planning for cross-border M&A and corporate restructuring
Extensions, renewals, and changes in corporate structure
Visas for accompanying family members
Financial Services & Banking
We advise financial institutions engaged in lending, deposit services, payment processing, and capital markets activity on regulatory compliance, transactions, and risk management in a sector overseen by multiple regulators.
Healthcare & Medical Devices
We assist manufacturers of diagnostic equipment, surgical instruments, and therapeutic devices subject to FDA device regulation, quality system requirements, and post-market surveillance obligations.
Industrial Manufacturing, Chemicals & Specialty Materials
We assist producers and importers of industrial chemicals and specialty materials on environmental regulation, workplace safety, hazardous materials transportation, and product stewardship obligations.
Consumer Products: Fashion, Food, Beverage & Alcohol
We represent companies that manufacture and sell goods directly to consumers, including apparel, food, beverages, alcohol, household items, and personal care products, advising on safety regulation, labeling, licensing and permitting, and product liability risk.
Technology, Cybersecurity & Artificial Intelligence
We advise technology companies, including providers of security software and services and developers of AI and machine learning systems, on export controls, government contracting, breach liability, and the emerging regulatory frameworks governing algorithmic decision-making, data use, and AI safety.
Luxury & Design
We advise luxury, fashion, and design houses, including makers of furniture, jewelry, and fine goods, on U.S. market entry, distribution and licensing agreements, brand protection, customs and tariff classification, and the corporate and tax structuring of their American operations.
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