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Gloria R. Melunis focuses her practice on the investment servicing and investment management industries, advising broker-dealers, investment managers, asset servicing providers, and fund complexes on wide-ranging regulatory and transactional matters.

The attorney is providing legal services through and affiliated with Greenberg Traurig, LLP, a New York Limited Liability Partnership. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Capabilities

Experience

  • Counseled clients on a broad range of legal matters concerning investment management, custody, and escrow accounts of individuals as well as those of institutions.°
  • Drafted and negotiated a variety of agreements, including vendor and confidentiality matters, client agreements, and services agreements with third-party investment managers.°
  • Advised large financial institution on compliance matters concerning state and federal laws and regulations.°
  • Counseled clients on investment-related digital initiatives, such as client onboarding and experience portals, mobile apps, and electronic delivery and signature matters in compliance with the ESIGN Act and SEC guidance.°
  • Counseled clients on international matters and establishment of asset management relationships with non-U.S. residents, reverse inquiry applicability, and permissible U.S. mutual fund investment.°

°The above representations were handled by Ms. Melunis prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

  • PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., 2019-2021
    • Counsel, 2019-2021
    • Staff Counsel, 2016-2019
    • Legal Intern, 2014
  • Judicial Extern, Hon. Gloria M. Burns, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, 2014

Recognition & Leadership

  • Selected, Metro Philadelphia, “LGBTQ+ Power Players,” 2022

A description of the selection methodology for the above awards can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

  • Vice President, Delaware Valley Legacy Fund
  • Member, Philadelphia LGBTQ Bar Association
    • Vice Chair, 2019-2020

Credentials

Education
  • J.D., Rutgers Law School, 2015
    • Executive Editor, Rutgers Journal of Law & Public Policy
  • B.A., Rowan University, 2008
Clerkships
  • Hon. Andrew B. Altenburg, Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, 2015-2016
Admissions
  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey
  • Supreme Court of New Jersey
  • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Related Capabilities

Corporate Investment Management Financial Regulatory & Compliance Private Funds Institutional Banking & Investment Services (IBIS)