Melissa is a trusted legal adviser with more than 20 years of experience guiding clients through a full spectrum of sophisticated estate planning, taxation and business succession matters.

She assists clients with the implementation of their estate planning with the creation of wills and trusts and designs wealth transfer tax strategies utilizing family limited partnerships, limited liability companies, life insurance trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, charitable trusts, gifts and private foundations. In addition, individuals and families regularly rely on Melissa for advice related to trust and estate administration. She also counsels business owners and entrepreneurs to plan for the purchase or sale of a business in a tax-efficient manner. 

Melissa’s clients include business owners, high-net-worth executives, real estate developers, property owners, entrepreneurs, professionals, prominent figures in the entertainment and media industries, corporate fiduciaries and individuals and families with global assets.