Sophie Melchers

Sophie Melchers


Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Recognized since 2010

Montréal, Quebec

Practice Areas

Bet-the-Company Litigation

Class Action Litigation

Corporate and Commercial Litigation

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Corporate and Commercial Litigation Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2018 - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
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Sophie Melchers practises mainly in the areas of commercial, corporate and securities litigation. She has represented clients before the Quebec courts and the Supreme Court of Canada in connection with disputed take-over bids, dissenting shareholder remedies, plans of arrangement, insider trading and market manipulation.

Her broad experience in securities litigation also encompasses representation of reporting issuers and their officers in connection with investigations conducted by the AMF, Quebec's securities regulator, into insider trading, market manipulation and continuous disclosure and their representation in defence before the Tribunal administratif des marchés financiers and the penal courts in proceedings instituted by the AMF.

Location
  • Suite 2500, 1 Place Ville Marie
    Montréal, QC H3B 1R1
    Canada
Languages
  • English
  • French
Bar Admissions
  • Quebec, 1994

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Corporate and Commercial Litigation Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2018 - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Montréal, Canada (2024)
  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Montréal, Canada (2018)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2024 for work in:
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Class Action Litigation
  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation

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