• LL.M., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 2001
• J.D., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 1987
• B.Comm., University of Toronto, 1984

• Recognized by the Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the 500 Leading Lawyers in Canada as a leading practitioner in the areas of property development and property leasing.
• Awarded the Ontario Bar Association's Award for Excellence in Real Estate (2009).
• Recognized in Chambers Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers for Business and Leaders in their Field in real estate.
• Recognized in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers.
• Certified as a specialist in real estate law by The Law Society of Upper Canada.
• Recommended by the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as a leading business law practitioner in the areas of property development and property leasing.
• Recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada® in the area of real estate law.
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Rated Lawyer, 2013
• Recognized by Expert Guides, Real Estate Lawyers.
• 2013 FACL Lifetime Achievement Award for significant contributions to the legal community and the Asian community in general.
• Recognized in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, 2013

• Acted in the sale, by a federal Crown corporation, of surplus vacant lands at its head offices in Toronto and the subsequent concurrent leasing and monetization of the proceeds therefrom.
• Acted for a large Canadian hotel REIT, in partnership with a Canadian pension fund, in a takeover bid for all of the outstanding units of a luxury hotel REIT with properties in Canada and the US and related financing.
• Acted for a leading independent provider of pharmaceutical manufacturing and development services, in all of its most recent facilities and refinancings, as well as in the disposition of surplus manufacturing facilities.
• Acted for one of the largest real estate investment fund managers in Europe, in its first investment in Canada, being its acquisition of a 50% interest in six limited partnerships that own six major Canadian regional shopping centres and one office tower, with a combined leaseable area of more than 4,000,000 square feet.
• Acted for a US hotel operator in its shared acquisition with two Canadian pension plans in the ownership of a luxury hotel chain and related financing.

• Counsel, Mon Sheong Foundation

• Executive Committee, Real Property Section, Ontario Bar Association
• Regent for Canada, American College of Mortgage Attorneys
• American Bar Association
• Association of Chinese Canadian Lawyers of Ontario
• Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals
• Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers
• Solicitor in England and Wales

• Legal editor, Building Magazine
• Real estate law columnist, Law Times
• Editor-in-chief, Real Property Reports (Canada’s only national real property case law reporter series)

• Instructor in the Real Property section of the Bar Admission Course
• Director of the LL.M. Program in Real Property Law at Osgoode Hall Law School.
• Regular speaker on various for continuing legal education organizations, including: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Osgoode Hall Law School, the Ontario Bar Association, Federated Press and the American College of Mortgage Attorneys.

• The Commercial Lease -- Not Just Another Contract, Leasing Times, January 2, 2013
• And So It Begins: Condominium Law Reform in Ontario, Let's Talk Condo - Ontario, Fall 2012
• Death, Taxes and the Obligation to Pay Rent Without Deduction, Abatement or Set-Off, Leasing Times, December 1, 2011
• The Dirt: Get used to unfolding those condominium plans, Law Times, 2011