Calgary (Canada)—We are delighted to welcome Melissa Cook to Fasken as a partner in the Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions groups in the Calgary office.
Melissa is a skilled practitioner, with extensive knowledge and experience advising on complex and multi-jurisdictional transactions. Her practice is focused on securities and capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate governance.
A skilled corporate, commercial and securities lawyer, she is known for providing strategic advice to businesses, investors and underwriters. Before joining Fasken, Melissa was a partner at a major law firm serving clients in Western and Northern Canada.
“Our clients will benefit from Melissa’s considerable experience advising on transactions across a broad range of industries,” said Clarke Barnes, Regional Managing Partner, Alberta. “Her proactive and agile legal advice will allow our clients to achieve their goals while avoiding the challenges and pitfalls inherent in complex transactions.”
A top-tier M&A firm, Fasken has been named “Mergers and Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year” in the 2024 Best Lawyers in Canada guide, “Corporate Law Firm of the Year” by Chambers Canada, and is amongst Canada’s busiest M&A law firms, as evidenced by our continued consecutive quarters of top performance in the leading rankings and league tables.
About Fasken’s Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions (CMMA) Groups
Fasken’s Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) practice groups are clear leaders in Canada and among the country’s largest. Our M&A team advises our clients on the most complex and noteworthy transactions and cross-border deals. The group also calls upon our deep bench for industry-specific knowledge and advice on regulatory matters including tax strategy, anti-trust and foreign investment, labour and employment, intellectual property, sanctions and corrupt practices and government relations. The Capital Markets group regularly acts for underwriters and issuers on Canada’s most complex corporate finance transactions. A key to our success is our proven ability to maintain longstanding relationships with our publicly traded clients (many of which we have been advising since their IPO) that extend beyond capital markets transactions and throughout their lifecycle as publicly traded issuers.
About Fasken
As a premier law firm with over 950 lawyers worldwide, Fasken is where excellence meets expertise. We are dedicated to shaping the future our clients want, precisely when it matters most. For more information, visit fasken.com.
