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Melanie Polowin is a partner in Gowlings' Kanata Technology Office, practising in the Employment and Labour Law National Practice Group.

Melanie advises Canadian and international businesses, from start-ups to well established companies, on a wide range of employment issues touching every phase of the employment relationship, with emphasis on the high technology sector.

Melanie assists businesses and investors with the employment aspects of corporate life-cycle events, including starting up, financing, mergers and acquisitions, and IPOs. She advises on compensation, termination planning, proprietary interest and non-competition protection. She helps implement effective contracts, policies, handbooks, human resources-management and risk-reduction strategies, based on the practical needs of each client's business. Melanie also has considerable experience in managing and resolving employment disputes.