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    Samuele Riva

    Associate

    Samuele Riva is an associate in the Firm’s business law practice group, where he advises clients on a wide range of business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, majority and minority investments, capital raising, exit strategies, corporate governance and commercial contracts. 

    Samuele’s practice focuses primarily on transactions spanning mergers, acquisitions and strategic exists.  He helps guide clients through all phases of the transaction process, including deal structuring, negotiations, due diligence and preparation of purchase documents.  He works collaboratively with investment bankers, accountants and any other involved professionals through the final transaction to achieve his client’s objectives.

    One of Samuele’s passions is to work with startups and emerging growth companies.  He understands the unique challenges startups face, particularly in highly competitive sectors.  He routinely counsels founders and small business owners on angel and venture capital funding, private placements of securities and early-stage agreements with advisors, vendors and developers.  Startups that work with Samuele understand how to mitigate risk and are prepared for outside investors.   

    He also regularly provides counsel to businesses on general corporate governance matters, including business formations, shareholders and operating agreements, corporate resolutions, share vesting and equity awards, among others. Samuele also works on commercial contracts across multiple industries, including customer and vendor agreements, master services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and employment and contractor agreements.

    Samuele was born and raised in Cadrezzate, a small town in northern Italy, and is fluent in Italian.  He moved to the United States to pursue his B.S. from Farmingdale State College.  He then earned his J.D., summa cum laude, from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center and his LL.M., cum laude, in Banking, Corporate, and Finance Law from Fordham University School of Law. While attending law school, Samuele served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Joseph F. Bianco in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York.

    Areas of practice

    • Business Law
    • Mergers & Acquisitions

    Education

      • Fordham University School of Law
        • LL.M.
      • Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
        • J.D.
      • Farmingdale State College
        • B.S.

    Professional Affiliations

      • Allegiance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors (AMAA)
      • Accountant/Attorney Networking Group (ANG)

    Bar Admissions

      • New York
      • U.S. District Court
        • Southern District of New York
        • Eastern District of New York
    • He has been recognized in the New York Metro Rising Stars® list every year since 2022.

    List of Representative Matters:

    • He has handled deals collectively worth close to $1bn for clients across different industries, with a focus on technology, IT, manufacturing, food, and flavors.
    • Lead counsel representing Robertet, a leader in fragrance and flavor manufacturer, in the acquisition of Phasex, a supercritical CO2 extraction company. Click here for more information.
    • Represented Kinbow LLC in the majority stake acquisition of the iconic fashion brand Ashley Stewart. 
    • Lead associate representing a waste management and recycling collection company in various strategic acquisitions.
    • Lead associate representing a waste management and recycling company in connection with the sale of its business to a strategic buyer.
    • Assisted Branch Environmental Corporation, a leader in air and water purification services, in the sale of its business to MXD Process.
    • Assisted Assured Telematics, a top-tier provider of GPS Fleet Management solutions, in the strategic merger with Transflo.
    • Lead associate representing a reseller of prevention & utility locating equipment in the sale of its business.
    • Lead associate representing a plastic injection specialist in the sale of its business.
    • Assisted with the management buyout of a leading manufacturer of reagent grade chemicals.
    • Lead associate representing a leading food flavoring company in the sale of its business.
    • Represented a leading provider of workers’ compensation and no-fault billing services in the sale of its business.
    • Lead associate on the sale of two separate insurance brokerages.
    • Lead associate representing a shopping cart software and leader of ecommerce cart experience in connection with the sale to a competitor.
    • Lead associate representing a company offering discounted dental plans in the sale of its business.
    • Lead associate on the sale of a management and IT consulting firm to a strategic buyer.
    • Lead associate representing a private-equity backed venture in the acquisition of a law practice management software company.
    • Lead associate representing two separate accounting firms in the sale of their practices to two competitors.
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    New York, NY (October 24, 2024) – The law firm of Norris McLaughlin, P.A. is pleased to announce that a total of eight attorneys have been included in the 2024 edition of the New York Metro Super Lawyers® and New York Metro Rising Stars® lists, published by Thomson Reuters. The following four attorneys included in...
    October 2, 2023
    Nine Norris McLaughlin Attorneys Recognized in 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
    Norris McLaughlin, P.A., is pleased to announce that nine of its attorneys are included in the 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars® lists. The following four attorneys are recognized in the 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers list: Joseph A. Farco Hugh P. Finnegan Jeanne M. Hamburg Alan Tenenbaum The following four...
    September 29, 2022
    Nine Norris McLaughlin Attorneys Recognized in 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
    The law firm of Norris McLaughlin, P.A., is pleased to announce that nine of its attorneys are included in the 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. The following four attorneys are recognized in the 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers list: Joseph A. Farco Hugh P. Finnegan Jeanne M. Hamburg Alan...
    May 31, 2022
    Norris McLaughlin Welcomes Seven New Associates
    The law firm of Norris McLaughlin, P.A., is pleased to welcome Ryan S. Director, Lauren E. Lewis, Eric Addison Negri, Samuele Riva, Alexander Ryan Sokolof, Amanda Ashley Tersigni, and Matthew Wells as associates. “This is an outstanding group of professionals with a variety of experience providing strategic counsel to clients across a number of industries,”...


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