Education

LL.B. (Osgoode Hall Law School)
B.S.Sc. (CUHK)

Languages

English, Cantonese, Mandarin

Janet is the Managing Partner of MBB Law. Her practice involves a wide range of corporate/commercial matters. Janet has been practising law for more than 17 years. Prior to MBB Law, she worked at several Bay Street and international law firms, including Osler and Gowlings. She spent the first 10 years of her legal career at Osler, practising primarily in corporate commercial matters. As her clientele of international clients grew, she later joined the international firms of Gowlings and Norton Rose. Janet joined MBB Law in 2014 and was instrumental in growing MBB Law to its current calibre. Her clients include private and public companies, banks, pension funds and high net worth individuals. Her “large firm” experience, coupled with her ability to deliver practical legal advice, make her uniquely positioned to handle legal matters for entrepreneurs with mid-sized businesses.

Janet specializes in corporate commercial law, including mergers and acquisitions, real estate projects, renewable energy projects, joint venture transactions and commercial lending. She represents clients in various sectors, including real estate, mining, forestry, renewable energy and high tech.

Janet regularly advises Chinese private and state-owned enterprises on their investments and operations in Canada. She has advised clients such as AVIC International (a central state-owned enterprise in the aviation industry), Sumavision Technologies (Shenzhen-listed company), Jinko Solar (NYSE-listed Chinese company), Bank of China (Canada), Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Canada), China Investment Corporation (sovereign wealth fund of China), Jiangxi Copper and Jilin Jien Nickel.

She also advises mainstream Canadian enterprises such as General Motors (Canada), Bank of Montreal, OMERS, Oxford Properties, Royal Bank of Canada, Manulife, Metropolitan Life and General Electric.

 

Acting for Chinese Companies

AVIC International (Zhuhai) (subsidiary of Chinese state-owned aircraft manufacturer) in its aviation business in Canada

Sumavision Technologies (listed in Shenzhen stock exchange) in its acquisition of a Canadian broadcast solutions company

Beijing Tong Ren Tang (Toronto) (subsidiary of Hong Kong listed company), a traditional Chinese medicine company, in its commercial work in Canada

Tangshan Sanyou (a sate-owned enterprise) in its proposed acquisition of certain forestry assets

Jiangxi Copper (a state-owned enterprise) in its proposed investment in a TSX-listed company

Private Chinese investors in their exploration project in Northwest Territories

China Investment Corporation (sovereign wealth fund of China) in its investment in a US$500 million convertible debenture issued by Southgobi Resources

Bank of China (Canada) in its regulatory compliance and commercial work

Carefirst Seniors in its capital project construction matters and general corporate work

Canadian Royalties Inc. (subsidiary of Jilin Jien Nickel) in its $352 million secured credit facility from China Development Bank

Canadian Royalties Inc. (subsidiary of Jilin Jien Nickel) in its $48 million secured credit facility from China Development Bank

Jilin Jien Nickel in its $100 million acquisition of Goldbrook Ventures

Chinese private company in its proposed acquisition of a hotel

Sungrow Power Supply in its acquisition of a renewable energy business in Canada

Jinko Solar in its Canadian business

China Wind Power in its renewable projects in Canada

 

Other Commercial Work

General Motors – Proposed co-generation project with Northland Power

General Motors – Bankruptcy restructuring and borrowing of government loans in 2009

General Motors – Development of a powerhouse project and the related equipment lease financing

General Motors – Sale of its GM Defense business and its Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) division

Barclays Capital Inc. in purchase of securitized mortgage pools

Morgan Stanley and UBS in acquisition financing for the acquisition of Telesat Canada from BCE

Oxford Properties and AIMCO – Acquisition of building adjacent to original Scarborough Town Centre

Oxford Properties and OMERS – Disposition of 50% interest in Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto, Waterpark Place, Toronto and other buildings to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

Asian Group – Joint venture with Canadian Developer with respect to sale of condominium units

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario – Acquisition of Skymark Office Complex, Mississauga

KingSett Capital and AIMCO – Acquisition of light industrial properties in Ontario and other provinces through acquisition of ING Summit Industrial Fund, Canada’s largest owner of light industrial properties in 2010

Dundee REIT – Acquisition of certain commercial properties in Vancouver and Toronto

Metropolitan Life – Construction financing of Bramalea City Centre, Brampton

Metropolitan Life – Financing of Cedarbrae Mall, Toronto

Magna Entertainment – Various financings secured by real estate

Various hospitals – Leasing matters

General Motors of Canada – Various leasing, acquisitions and dispositions of real properties

Manufacturers Life Insurance Company – purchase by of bonds secured by a first mortgage against lands on which the CN Tower is situated

Dundee Realty Corporation – reorganizing the revenue of income producing properties into Dundee REIT

 

Notable Clients

• Royal Bank of Canada (for commercial loans)
• Sunny Communities (real estate developer)
• Onepiece Development (real estate developer)
• Lebanc Development (real estate developer)
• Cham Shan Temple (religious organization)
• Mon Sheong Foundation (not-for-profit organization)
• AVIC International (Chinese central state-owned enterprise)

 

Recent Deals & Cases

• Canadian corporation’s acquisition by a French company with a purchase price in excess of US$24 million, plus future earn-out payments
• 200+ purchasers of 33 Yorkville in Cresford Development’s bankruptcy proceedings
• not-for-profit corporation its acquisition of lands for long term care homes and life lease projects
• a religious organization in its development of 300 acres of lands in Cavan-Monaghan for multiple uses
• a developer in its acquisition of a mixed townhouse and high-density project in Markham, Ontario
• an investor in a hotel development in Brampton, Ontario
• a borrower in a syndicated mortgage with loan amount over CAD$100,000,000.00
• a borrower in construction financing with loan amount over CAD$55,000,000.00