Atty. Melissa Cook
Melissa’s practice is focused on securities and capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate governance. Businesses and investors rely on Melissa’s strategic advice while negotiating and executing complex transactions and navigating commercial relationships.
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About Melissa Cook at a glance
Melissa Cook is a business attorney based in Calgary, Alberta, practicing at Fasken. They have 18+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2008. Admitted to practice in Alberta (2008), Newfoundland and Labrador (2014), Nunavut (2014), and Yukon (2017). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Corporate Law (2026). Serands clients in Calgary, AB and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Melissa’s practice is focused on securities and capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate governance
- Businesses and investors rely on Melissa’s strategic advice while negotiating and executing complex transactions and navigating commercial relationships
- Clients value Melissa’s extensive knowledge and experience advising on complex and multi-jurisdictional transactions, including debt and equity financings, take-over bids, plans of arrangement, amalgamations, going-public and going-private transactions, private equity transactions and strategic investments
- She provides advice across a broad range of industries on public disclosure, stock exchange requirements and securities regulatory matters, as well as corporate structuring and governance
- Melissa’s securities practice extends to delivering local counsel opinions in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon and acting as local counsel in those jurisdictions
- Melissa frequently advises on business succession planning
- With proactive advice for owner-operators, management teams and entrepreneurs, Melissa focuses on clarity and maintaining stakeholder relationships as businesses navigate successful transitions in management or ownership
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Alberta
Practicing law in Alberta. Legal matters in Alberta are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Calgary are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Alberta state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Alberta brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Alberta courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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