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Overview

Amelia Brett advises private and public companies, private equity funds, and their portfolio companies in a wide range of corporate transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, entity formations, and associated corporate governance, as well as with day-to-day general corporate matters. She also represents lenders and borrowers in banking and other finance transactions.

Prior Experience

While in law school, Amelia participated in the Vis Moot training program sponsored by the Commercial Law Development Program of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The program trained law students from several Middle Eastern and North African schools in the areas of international commercial law and international arbitration.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Court Admissions

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Education

University of Pittsburgh School of Law
J.D. cum laude, Journal of Law and Commerce - Lead Managing Editor, Order of the Coif, Order of the Barristers (2013)

West Chester University of Pennsylvania
B.A. summa cum laude (2009)

Leadership & Community

Professional Associations

  • Waldorf School of Pittsburgh – Board Member
  • Sisters Place – Board Member

Honors

  • Best Lawyers® — “Ones to Watch,” Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2023-25
    This award is conferred by Best Lawyers. A description of the methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.