Jeilah Y. Chan

Jeilah Chan is a partner in the corporate group. With over 20 years of experience, her practice includes all aspects of intellectual property, and litigation involving patent, trademark, contract/licensing, trade secret, and copyright issues. Chan advises clients on IP issues arising out of M&A transactions, joint ventures, and licensing matters. She also advises clients on advertising and labelling, and IP protection, enforcement, commercialization, and brand-building strategies. Chan is the author of the intellectual property risk section of the Directors’ Duties in Canada, 7th edition (Lexis Nexis). She is co-author of the WTR’s Trademarks Litigation Guide (Canada) and WTR’s Best Practice in Litigation Series: Global Perspectives. She is a guest lecturer at Osgoode Hall Law School (IP LLM) and regularly presents on advocacy and IP topics. Clients view Chan as “skilled, creative and extremely clever” and “able to distil the nuanced and technical legal issues into business advice” with “an incredibly high level of competence and a client-oriented approach.” Chan is a strong advocate for her clients, whether through asserting or defending their rights or through negotiating and structuring a deal on their behalf.