Practice Areas
Education
- J.D., magna cum laude, 1996, Villanova University School of Law
- Executive Editor, Villanova Law Review
- B.S., magna cum laude, 1992, University of Delaware
Clerkships
- Law Clerk to The Honorable Randy J. Holland, Delaware Supreme Court, 1996-1997
Admissions to Practice
- Delaware, 1996
Patricia is special counsel for the firm’s Delaware Corporate Law Counseling Group. She regularly provides advice on corporate governance matters and a variety of corporate transactions for publicly traded and privately held corporations. She is often called upon to advise on mergers and acquisitions, financings, asset sales and other significant transactions. Her work includes structuring complex transactions and often involves counseling boards of directors and board committees on their fiduciary duties and the technical aspects of Delaware corporate law. She also provides formal legal opinions on issues involving Delaware corporate law.
Patricia is actively involved with the ABA’s Mergers & Acquisitions Committee and is Co-Chair of the ABA’s Joint Task Force on Governance Issues in Business Combinations. She is a frequent speaker on Delaware corporate law issues at venues such as the ABA Business Law Section meetings and The University of Texas School of Law Mergers and Acquisitions Institute.
Professional and Community Activities
- ABA Business Law Section: Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions; Co-Chair, Joint Task Force on Governance Issues in Business Combinations; Subcommittee on Acquisitions of Public Companies; Subcommittee on M&A Jurisprudence; Annual Survey Working Group
- Delaware State Bar Association
News
- Patricia O. Vella Serves as Panelist for Strafford Publications Webinar: M&A Agreements: Limitations on Contractual and Extra Contractual Liabilities
Patricia Vella served as a faculty panelist for the Strafford Publications webinar entitled “M&A Agreements: Limitations on Contractual and Extra-Contractual Liabilities - Crafting Exclusive Remedy, Extra-Contractual Representation Waiver, and Other Provisions to Protect Sellers” on November 15, 2011. - Patricia O. Vella Serves as Faculty Panelist at The University of Texas School of Law 7th Annual Mergers and Acquisitions Institute
Patricia Vella served as a faculty panelist at The University of Texas School of Law 7th Annual Mergers and Acquisitions Institute. - Gil Sparks, Rick Alexander, Lou Hering, Patricia Vella, Eric Wilensky – Present at ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting
Gil Sparks, Rick Alexander, Lou Hering, Tricia Vella, and Eric Wilensky served as panel speakers at the American Bar Association (ABA) Business Law Section Spring Meeting in Boston. - Patricia Vella Serves as Faculty Panelist in ALI-ABA Webcast – Contractual Limitations on Seller Liability in M&A and Other Transactions
Patricia Vella served as a faculty panelist in an American Law Institute - American Bar Association (ALI-ABA) Seminar national webcast. - Patricia Vella Serves as Panelist in ABA Teleconference/Webcast – Creating Contractual Limitations on Seller Liability that Work Post-Closing
Patricia Vella served as a panelist in an American Bar Association (ABA) Business Law Section CLE Teleconference/Webcast. - A. Gilchrist Sparks III, Lou Hering and Patricia Vella Serve on Panels at ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting
Gil Sparks , Lou Hering and Patricia Vella served as panel speakers at the American Bar Association (ABA) Business Law Section Spring Meeting. - A. Gilchrist Sparks III, Patricia O. Vella Present at Office and Trial Practice: Corporate Law – Current Developments; Corporate Transactions – Best Practices
Morris Nichols’ partner A. Gilchrist Sparks III and Special Counsel Patricia O. Vella served as faculty speakers at the day-long CLE seminar, Office and Trial Practice, co-sponsored by the Delaware State Bar Association and the Delaware Bar Foundation.