Cheng, May

Osler | Partner, Intellectual Property

May is a Certified Specialist in Intellectual Property Law (Trademark/Copyright), and a senior partner. She has 25 years of experience in advising clients on all aspects of intellectual property protection and enforcement, including branding strategy, acquisition, licensing and anti-counterfeiting. She is regularly involved in a wide variety of IP infringement cases and complex licensing deals. May has acted as an expert consultant to The Government of the Bahamas in redrafting their intellectual property legislation for ascension to the WTO. She has consistently been recognized as a leading lawyer in IP by: IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists 2019, IP STARS and Top 250 Women in IP (2017-21)

Managing IP, and WTR1000: World’s Leading Trademark Professionals (2013􂀐2021) Gold Band ranking for IP litigation. May has also received the Lexpert Zenith Award for mid-career excellence in 2018 and the Women’s Law Association of Ontario President’s Award in 2016, for her community work in promoting the advancement of women.