Melissa is Head of Cyber Insurance and Partner at Lander & Rogers. Melissa regularly provides incident response management services and advises on privacy issues arising out of cyber incidents. Melissa also advises on complex coverage issues, cyber recoveries, regulatory investigations, as well as acting in disputes arising from cyber incidents. In particular, Melissa often acts as coverage and monitoring counsel on significant and high-profile cyber incidents.
Melissa has been named Cyber Partner of the Year at the 2025 Partner of the Year Awards, New Partner of the Year (Big Law) at the 2024 Partner of the Year Awards, and Cyber Security Lawyer of the Year at the inaugural Australian Cyber Security Awards 2023. Melissa has also been recognised for her insurance expertise, and litigation and dispute resolution expertise by Lawyerly as a Litigation Rising Star, Insurance Business Australia as a Young Gun, and Australasian Lawyer as a Litigation and Dispute Resolution Rising Star. Melissa regularly provides in-house training for clients and market participants on cyber issues.
Melissa also sits on the Board of the Australian Women in Security Network (AWSN) which seeks to empower women in the security industry.