Marco Anzalone - Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Marco Anzalone has spent over two decades as a trusted legal and business advisor to companies navigating growth, complexity, and transformation. His career spans litigation at a major national law firm, C-suite and board legal leadership at high-growth technology and online education companies, and fractional counsel to startups across wellness, digital health, and fintech.

Marco began his career as a commercial litigator at Day Pitney LLP, one of the largest law firms in the northeastern United States, where he rose from Associate to Counsel to Partner over nine years. He litigated complex commercial disputes involving intellectual property, contracts, shareholder claims, trade secrets, franchise law, and environmental matters in state and federal courts and in arbitration. After 11 years of law firm practice, Marco started his journey as a leader of internal legal teams.

As Chief Legal Officer, Executive Vice President, and Corporate Secretary at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Marco served for seven years as a strategic partner to the founder, CEO, executive team, and board. He built the legal, human resources, compliance, and project management functions from the ground up, oversaw a workforce scaling of 150% in a single year, and led the company's multimillion-dollar sale to a private equity firm — from preparation through due diligence to close. During his tenure, he reduced outside legal spend by 90% while increasing both productivity and compliance.

Marco served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Wolfe LLC, a high- growth emerging technology company. There he built compliance infrastructure across AML, privacy, and financial regulations, introduced AI-driven solutions to optimize legal operations, and oversaw corporate governance through a period of revenue and employee growth.

Most recently, he joined Albert Buzzetti & Associates on a conviction that companies deserve the same caliber of legal leadership that Fortune 500 companies take for granted — without the overhead. Every engagement he leads combines decades of legal and business experience with AI-enhanced efficiency, delivering the quality of a major firm at a fraction of the traditional cost.

Marco provides a unique legal offering for the NY and NJ markets: the strategic depth of a "Big Law' partner combined with the pragmatic, results-first mindset of a veteran General Counsel / Chief Legal Officer. His practice at Albert Buzzetti & Associates centers on two integrated pillars (corporate counseling and litigation):

• Corporate Counsel & Transactional: Drawing on a decade as a GC and CLO—including 7+ years at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and over 2 years at fintech leader Wolfe, LLC—Marco provides high-velocity transactional support. He serves as a "Fractional GC" for growth-stage companies, focusing on:
  • Contract Excellence: Drafting, review, and aggressive negotiation of MSAs, SaaS agreements, licensing, and complex vendor and partner contracts.
  • Intellectual Property: Developing and implementing IP strategies.
  • Regulatory & Scaling: Navigating employment, fintech, AML, wellness, online education, and other regulatory hurdles to scale operations safely.
  • Mergers & Acquisitions: Providing legal support in mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions.
• Litigation: Leveraging 11 years as a litigator at Day Pitney LLP, Marco was counsel for businesses in business disputes. Marco brings Big Law rigor to state and federal courts in NJ and NY, focusing on:
  • Business Disputes: Breach of contract, partnership dissolutions, commercial property conflicts, trade secret protection, employment matters, fraud, and professional negligence.
  • Personal Injury: Marco provides selective representation for individuals in injury cases. His "insider" knowledge of corporate insurance and defense strategies—gained from years in the C-Suite—allows him to secure maximum recovery where others see only volume.