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Mélanie Béland

Mélanie Béland

Counsel Fasken
Jurisdiction Québec, 2001
Language(s) French, English
Office(s) Montréal
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Overview

Mélanie Béland acts as counsel within the Litigation group at our Montréal Office.  As such, she assists clients in securities matters in a litigious context or before such a situation arises.

Mélanie has extensive knowledge in this area as well as in criminal and administrative matters after having worked for 12 years as a prosecutor for the Litigation Department of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF).  She has made numerous representations before the Court of Appeal, the Superior Court, the Court of Québec and the Financial Markets Administrative Tribunal in matters cases in securities law, criminal law and administrative litigation. Mélanie has also written a detailed guide to bankruptcy and insolvency for Canadian securities regulators and offered training on the subject.

Before joining the AMF, Mélanie worked for 9 years in the field of bankruptcy and insolvency in addition to commercial, banking and civil litigation for the Montréal offices of two international firms.

Achievements

  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Litigation - Securities, Lexpert 2025 to 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in White Collar Defence & Investigations, Lexpert 2025 to 2026
  • Recognized in Corporate and Commercial Litigation in Montréal, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2023 to 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Litigation - Corporate Commercial, Lexpert 2025
  • Dean's List, Université de Montréal

Career & Education

Education

  • Professional training
  • LLB University of Montreal

Knowledge

  • Greenwashing: What Happens When Competition and Securities Laws Intersect?, 5/6/2025
  • How Safe Are Safe Harbours for Climate-Related Disclosure in Canada?, 4/23/2025
  • Supreme Court of Canada Rules on the Reasonable Expectation of Privacy Attached to an IP Address, 3/4/2024
  • Highlights | 2024 Conference - Fasken Capital Markets in Montréal, 1/22/2024
  • Québec’s Financial Markets Administrative Tribunal Can Properly Claim Jurisdiction over Out-of-Province Defendants in a Pump-and-Dump Scheme Enforcement Proceeding, 12/7/2023

Events

  • Mastering Injunctions: Key Issues, Strategies and Tactics, 4/15/2026
  • White-Collar Crime and Data Theft: Is Your Business Well Protected?, 2/14/2024
  • 2024 Conference - Fasken Capital Markets in Montréal, 1/16/2024

News

Speaking Engagements

  • Hot topics on the eve of summer for registered companies | 2nd edition, 6/5/2025
  • Conference on Recent Developments in Securities Litigation, 10/19/2023
conference host Hot topics on the eve of summer for registered companies | 2nd edition location location Montréal, QC, Canada Fasken
Conference on Recent Developments in Securities Litigation