Melissa is a Special Counsel in the HWLE Corporate and Commercial group.
Melissa specialises in franchising, mergers and acquisitions, drafting and negotiating contracts, due diligence, verification, business sales and purchases, share sales and purchases, corporate governance, corporations law, business planning and legal compliance
Melissa has a wealth of private practice and in house franchising experience, which extends to commercial and operational roles she held with a national franchisor for over 20 years.
Expertise
Experience
- Numerous franchise clients Advising numerous franchise clients including Lenard’s, Degani, Motto Motto, HydroKleen, Jani-King and bytherules Conveyancing in relation to franchising documentation, renewals, advice work and general commercial matters.
- Australia’s largest electricity supplier Providing advice on its $16 million acquisition of a privately owned energy consultancy business.
- Brisbane based marine company Advising on the sale of their ferry business in Sydney.
- Brisbane based grain company Advising on the acquisition of a grain facility in Victoria.
- Melbourne based client Advising on the acquisition of a barramundi farm in North Queensland.
- Melbourne based client Advising on its acquisitions of plan management business in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
- Brisbane based facilities management company Acting to prepare and update existing documentation.
- Soft plastics recycling business Providing advice to establish documentation for a soft plastic recycling scheme in Australia.
