Mélissa Picher focuses her practice in mergers and acquisitions, business start-ups, traditional and equity financing as well as securities. She is proficient in drafting commercial contracts, including income trusts, shareholder agreements, options agreements, partnership agreements, distribution, service and sales agreements.

As a member of the Barreau du Québec since 2009, Mélissa has extensive experience for the purposes of representing investors in private placements as well as advising entrepreneurs in the transfer of their business. As such, she also developed over the years skills related with regards to wealth protection, particularly the drafting of wills and trusts, in order to maximize the business structure and to protect our clients' assets.

Her versatility and efficiency allow our clients to reach their objectives and facilitate the success of the transactions in which she participates.

In addition to her Bachelor of Laws, Mélissa has a bachelor's degree in political science. She has notably executed a portion of her studies in England at the London Metropolitan University and in Argentina at the Universidad Austral de Buenos Aires and is fluent in Spanish.

Mélissa is also involved in the student recruitment process at BCF and acts as a key contact for the Quebec City office with respect to Meritas, an international network, to which BCF is affiliated, thus providing our clients quality legal services on an international scale.