Roxanne L. Mercado

Roxanne (Roxie) Mercado is a member of the Corporate & Business Practice at Hodgson Russ. Her work focuses on U.S. and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, venture financings, and corporate governance. She represents private equity sponsors, strategic acquirers, emerging growth companies, and founder-owned businesses in a wide range of industries, including technology, fintech, cybersecurity, industrial manufacturing, healthcare, utilities, and cannabis. Roxie guides clients through every stage of a transaction, from initial structuring and due diligence through negotiation and closing. She also advises on commercial contracts, joint ventures, reorganizations, private fund formation, and ongoing governance and compliance needs.

Before joining Hodgson Russ, Roxie was a Senior Associate at a large law firm in Buffalo, where she maintained a broad corporate practice that included mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and general corporate and commercial matters. She also gained experience with an internship at the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services in New York. Prior to relocating to the United States, she practiced at the largest law firm in the Philippines, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, and securities law. She later served as a solicitor in the Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines, where she worked on complex appellate litigation and international arbitration.

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Education

Ateneo de Manila University, B.S.

Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, J.D.

Columbia Law School, LL.M.

The Hague Academy of International Law (The Hague, Netherlands)

Admissions

• New York
• Philippines

Bar Associations

• American Bar Association - Business Law Section
• New York State Bar Association - Business Law Section, Antitrust Section
• Asian American Bar Association of New York
• National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

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