Canada
Torys
Lawyers
Melissa Prado
Torys, Canada
- Phone416.865.7668 x7668
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Financial Services Regulatory
Position
Melissa’s experience in the financial services and insurance sectors allows her to provide 360-degree counsel to clients—from consumer protection and the formation and licensing of insurers and intermediaries, to significant transactions and governance matters.
Melissa’s practice focuses on corporate matters and regulatory compliance in the financial services and payments industry, with an emphasis on consumer protection and insurance corporate and regulatory law. She has also advised clients on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions, as well as on general corporate and governance matters.
Melissa is fluent in Spanish.
Career
Ontario, 2012
Memberships
Melissa is the incoming Managing General Editor of the Banking and Finance Law Review (BFLR).
Before joining Torys, Melissa was an assistant investment adviser at TD Waterhouse Private Investment Advice.
During law school, Melissa worked as a research and teaching assistant and volunteered at the Community Legal Aid Clinic Program. At Torys, she has acted as a mentor with the Law in Action Within Schools (LAWS) program, a high school program that uses legal education as a tool to assist students to succeed in school and become engaged and active citizens.