Corporate

Melissa is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales, and a solicitor in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands).

Melissa is a full member of STEP.

Melissa is a senior associate within the Corporate department in the Isle of Man, specialising in Private Client & Trusts work and Commercial Property.

Melissa acts for international financial institutions, law firms and corporate service providers, advising on a full range of complex legal issues which affect both their own businesses and those of their clients.

Melissa deals with all aspects of trust, foundation and estate related matters including trust and corporate transactions, restructuring, provision of advice to trustees, council members, beneficiaries and protectors, assisting executors and beneficiaries with Isle of Man probate and providing legal opinions on the authority and capacity of trustees and foundations to enter into a variety of transactions.

Bachelors of Law Exempting degree, with an integrated LPC from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle. Masters of Law (LLM) with Distinction from the University of Durham.