Jeilah Chan

Stikeman Elliott - Intellectual Property Litigation Lawyer of the Year

Profile

About Jeliah 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. Jeilah 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.

Jeilah 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 Jeilah 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”. Jeilah Chan is a strong advocate for her clients, whether asserting or defending their rights, or negotiating and structuring a deal on their behalf.

Firm Profile
Stikeman Elliott is a global leader in Canadian business law, offering creative solutions to clients across Canada and around the world. The firm provides the highest quality counsel, decisive advice, and workable solutions through offices located in Montréal, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, New York, London and Sydney.

Stikeman Elliott lawyers stand out in their ability to deliver creative and tailor-made solutions and provide exceptionally high-quality advice, whether handling corporate matters, cross-border transactions or litigation cases. We make our clients’ goals and challenges our own and strive to create a lasting impact on their business.

In today’s challenging marketplace, Stikeman Elliott continues to be the firm that clients call when it counts the most, wherever they are in the world. Our passion, combined with decades of experience in each of the firm’s key markets, enables us to continue delivering creative solutions to a variety of complex legal issues.