Our Principal, Chilwin Cheng, will be chairing the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia “Regulatory Offences and Criminal Prosecutions 2024” conference on October 2, 2024.

Ascendion Law is proud to partner with the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association to present a series of micro learning videos on ‍Criminal Secondary Liability for Directors, Officers, and Senior Employees. 

This June, our team will represent our client in two significant appeals. 

Ascendion Law recently hosted a lunch and learn session in partnership with the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers BC at the Vancouver Club. 

Our Associates Janessa Mason and Cory Russell have just completed the Winter 2023 session of the Vancouver Bar Association Inns of Court program.

Chilwin Cheng and Janessa Mason, along with Jeremy Gellis of Cozen O’Connor, co-chair the first-ever conference about white-collar crime and regulatory enforcement hosted by the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia.

The recent decision from the BC Court of Appeal, Cepuran v. Carlton, 2022 BCCA 76, significantly changes how we devise litigation strategies to resolve a shareholder dispute. 

The Ascendion team returns to Prince Rupert, British Columbia to defend two executives in the only trial associated with an alleged tailings pond spill.

Ascendion Law successfully reversed the BC Securities Commission's order to freeze assets. The Commission froze our client’s bank accounts using new powers under the Securities Act.

Presenting oneself before the court with your robes on is a major milestone in a lawyer's life in Canada, especially if you want to be a barrister.