Melisa Ortes González
Lawyer
Melisa Ortes González is an international lawyer who focuses on high-stakes investigations, government enforcement actions, asset recovery, and commercial, and financial disputes with a nexus to Latin America. She has broad experience in a wide range of cross-border matters involving the energy, technology, financial services, and logistics industries. Ms. Ortes González has also seconded as in-house counsel.
Before joining Kobre & Kim, she practiced at Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Admissions
- Foreign Legal Consultant, State of New York
- City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Education
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, LLM, honors
- Pontifical Argentine Catholic University, School of Law (JD equivalent)
Languages
- Spanish
Professional & Community Involvement
- Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires, Member
- Young Lawyers Committee Executive Board, Private Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires, Member
- High Tech Law Society, Member
- Young Professionals of the Americas (YPA), Member
Publications & Presentations
- Contributing author, “Corporate Governance – International Series — 2nd Edition” (Thomson Reuters Argentina chapter, 2015)
Credentials
Admissions
- Foreign Legal Consultant, State of New York
- City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Education
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, LLM, honors
- Pontifical Argentine Catholic University, School of Law (JD equivalent)
Languages
- English
- Spanish
News
Professional & Community Involvement
- Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires, Member
- Young Lawyers Committee Executive Board, Private Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires, Member
- High Tech Law Society, Member
- Young Professionals of the Americas (YPA), Member
Publications & Presentations
- Contributing author, “Corporate Governance – International Series — 2nd Edition” (Thomson Reuters Argentina chapter, 2015)