Tak Yan Teresa Cheung

Teresa Cheung is a senior partner at BE Law LLP. She is an award-winning adjudicator, and litigation lawyer with experience spanning over two decades representing clients at all levels of Ontario courts and tribunals in complex commercial disputes, shareholder litigation, real estate development, construction disputes, commercial leasing, employment law, mortgage enforcement, administrative law, and immigration law. Her litigation experience includes equitable remedies, such as constructive trusts and high-stakes urgent motions such as Mareva and Anton Pillar injunctions. She has obtained multimillion-dollar judgments.

Teresa’s representative cases include the United States of America v. Yemec line of decisions, cited extensively in Ontario courts, and establishing precedents on court costs, jurisdiction, forum non conveniens , and injunctive relief.

Prior to joining BE Law LLP, Teresa served for over a decade as a Governor-in-Council Member of the Appeals Divisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, where she adjudicated hundreds of appeals . In this capacity, she gained recognition for her expertise in public law, administrative law, human rights law, immigration and refugee law, and decision-writing. She received the Chairperson’s Award (2020) for leadership in the tribunal system. Her decisions have been cited by the Federal Court of Canada, and her legal reasoning has contributed to key jurisprudence in refugee and immigration law. Teresa was involved in Professional Development and the training of new adjudicators. She was a member of the Adjudicative Strategy Committee tasked with identifying quality jurisprudence to assist in decision writing. She was a member of the Society of Ontario Adjudicators & Regulators (SOAR), and the Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals (CCAT).