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Melissa Smith
Partner • (she/her)
Melissa is a partner at the firm’s Calgary office. Her practice is primarily focused on corporate law across a variety of industries, including technology, mining, oil and gas, manufacturing and the hospitality industry.
Education & Qualifications
- Alberta Bar (2005)
- LLB (University of Calgary, 2004)
- B.Sc. (University of British Columbia, 2000)
Languages
- English
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Melissa focuses her practice on corporate and securities law with an emphasis on mergers, acquisitions and other business combinations of public and private issuers including take-over bids, amalgamations and plans of arrangement.
She also advises clients on financing transactions including public and private offerings of debt, equity and convertible securities, and compliance with corporate and securities regulatory requirements and drafting of a large number of corporate and commercial documents including governance documents, shareholder agreements and other business agreements.
In addition, Melissa assists with plans of arrangement, mergers, acquisitions and other business combinations, prepares a wide variety of commercial, securities and corporate documents, and conducts due diligence on behalf of issuers, agents and underwriters in a variety of contexts.
Melissa has been recognized by Best Lawyers in Mergers and Acquisitions Law since 2022 and the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Mining.
- Recognized in the 2025 edition of the Best Lawyers in Canada (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Recognized in the 2025 edition (and since 2022) of the Best Lawyers in Canada (Oil and Gas Law)
- Recognized in the 2025 edition (and since 2024) of the Best Lawyers in Canada (Securities Law)
- Finalist in the 2023 Women in Law Leadership Award (Leadership in the Profession – Private Practice)
- Recognized in the 2023 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Corporate Mid-Market; Mining)
- Recognized in the 2023 edition of Lexpert Special Edition: Technology and Health Sciences