Melvelyn brings to the firm 15 years of law practice. Her practice focuses on commercial and corporate laws, intellectual property, foreign investments and structuring, due diligence work, asset or purchase acquisitions, and legal advisory on the legal issues arising from the business operations of her clients.
Experience —
- Has represented various clients from the pharmaceutical, healthcare, information technology, business process outsourcing, real estate, consumer goods and retail, e-commerce, and manufacturing in their transactions;
- Advised close to a hundred companies in establishing their presence in the Philippines;
- Led teams that conducted legal due diligence work;
- Advised a client in its purchase of the assets of a distributor of food supplements and nutraceutical;
- Registered trademarks with the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines;
- Acts as external legal counsel and renders legal advice to firm’s legal retainer clients;
- Worked with the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission for five (5) years exposing her to various issues on corporate and securities regulations;
- Partner for more than three years in another law firm before establishing Barrozo Law Office
Education and Credentials —
- Admitted to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in 2004
- Member of the New York State Bar since 2013
- New York University and National University of Singapore, Dual Master of Laws on Global Business (2012)
- University of the Philippines, Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA, 2009); Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B., 2003); Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration, cum laude (BAPA, 1998)
- Trust Institute Foundation of the Philippines, One-Year Course on Trust Operations and Investment Management (Batch 32nd, 2009);
- Japan International Cooperation Agency, Five-Week Training on Japan Competition Policy and Law (Osaka and Tokyo, Japan 2009);
- Nihongo Center Foundation, Japanese Language Course (February 2019 to date)
