About Melissa
Melissa is a corporate and commercial lawyer with more than ten years experience in a wide range of sectors, from aged care and retirement villages through to the resources sector.
Melissa’s broad transactional and advisory experience includes mergers and acquisitions, advice regarding joint venture relationships, and advising on general commercial arrangements and contracts.
During her recent two years as in-house legal counsel for an Australian aged care provider, Melissa provided compliance and general advice on operational aspects of the residential aged care, home care and retirement village businesses. She also provided company secretarial support to a combined board and management committee and provided company secretarial support to assist the general counsel.
Specialisations
Experience
Aged care
In-house legal counsel for an Australian aged care provider for nearly two years.
Business sale
Acting for a fork lift sale and hire business on its sale to an overseas partner.
Mergers and acquisitions
Advising on unregulated mergers and acquisitions for both vendors and purchasers.
Stanmore Coal
Advised on the acquisition of the Isaac Plains coal mine from Vale and Sumitomo Coal.
Joint ventures
Acting for joint venture participants on both sales and purchases of joint venture interests.
Commercial agreements
Drafting and reviewing commercial arrangements, including shareholders’ agreements, business and share sale agreements and a broad range of commercial documentation.