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“I’m so proud to see that through my hard work and that of my team, we have built trust with our industry partners”
Victoria Coster,
Credit Fix Solutions
May Cheng is a certified specialist in trademark and copyright law with more than 25 years of experience. She advises businesses on brand protection across all her favourite industries, including luxury retail, travel, fashion, and food.
She has extensive experience as a litigator in disputes involving intellectual property infringement, as well as having a specialty practice in anti-counterfeiting. In 2023, she was recognized among Business Today’s Top 10 IP Lawyers Defining the Legal Landscape in Canada.
Cheng spent decades honing her skills in Big Law, prior to moving in 2023 to an elite boutique firm led by a South Asian woman, which aligns her values of diversity and inclusion with her practice. At Dipchand LLP, she focuses on her passion: collaborating with innovative legal minds to prioritize client interests while fostering a collegial work environment that encourages fun.
She received the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers and the 2022 OBA Award of Excellence in the Promotion of Women’s Equality, which recognize her volunteer work as a Chinese community activist for Head Tax Redress and as an outspoken advocate for the advancement of women and racial minorities in the legal profession.
Cheng’s acclaim in both professional and community circles underscore her deserving recognition as one of Canada’s most influential lawyers in 2024.
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May Cheng
Partner
Dipchand LLP
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“I’m genuinely keen to keep bettering myself”
Victoria Coster,
Credit Fix Solutions
2012–2014
2016–2021
2018
2021–present
2022–present
2012: Ranked since 2012 in WTR 1000 (World Trademark Review): gold band in trademark litigation, silver band in anti-counterfeiting
2013: Recognized as a Trademark Star by IP STARS since this year
2014: Inducted into the University of Ottawa’s Common Law Honours Society
2012–
2014
2016: Women’s Law Association of Ontario President’s Award
2017–2021: Ranked Top 250 Women in IP (global ranking by Managing IP)
2016–
2021
Recognized as a Global Leader by WTR Global Leaders since this year
Received the Lexpert Zenith Award for Mid-Career Excellence
2018
2021–present: Ranked as one of the Top 500 Lawyers in Canada by Lexpert/American Lawyer
2022: Received the OBA Award of Excellence in the Promotion of Women’s Equality
2023: Received the Federation of Asian Canadians Lifetime Achievement Award; named by Business Today as one of the Top 10 IP Lawyers Defining the Legal Landscape in Canada
2023–present: Partner at Dipchand LLP
2021–
present
2022–present: Scholar in Residence, Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge (University of Alberta)
2022–present: Counsel at Witten LLP, listed on the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory: Aboriginal Law
2022–
present
Assistant Vice President and Senior Broker at MJ Hall & Company since 2018
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Aug 2022
Milestones
Sept 2021
Feb 2022
Apr 2022
Jul 2022
Aug
2022
Suncorp Bank introduces Solar Home Bonus offer for customers who are choosing renewable energy for their homes
Sept 2021
Month-on-month market share growth commences
Feb 2022
Suncorp Bank wins the Canstar award for most outstanding value in investment loans
Apr 2022
Suncorp Bank wins Money Magazine’s Bank of the Year and Business Bank of the Year awards for the fifth year in a row
Jul 2022
Suncorp Bank’s turnaround times are the lowest they have ever been. The lender becomes Australia’s first certified carbon neutral bank for both its operation and transaction services
Aug 2022
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Coster brings depth and breadth of experience to her current position, having joined the industry as a mortgage processor before leaping into broking. She later honed her credit reporting education and credit repair skills for several years while working directly for various brokers.
“Starting Credit Fix Solutions was a deliberate move, as I saw there was a niche in ‘no win, no fee’ credit repair that the industry didn’t currently offer,” she says.
As a CEO, Coster learned through business coaching that there are no challenges in business, only opportunities to learn and grow. She wholeheartedly adopted that perspective, enabling her to overcome the obstacles inherent in team management and implement new and improved systems. She employs several strategies for challenging situations, such as following routines, forward planning, sleeping well and exercising.
“If I make sure I look after myself, have a plan of action, and I’m organised, then I can overcome any challenge (opportunity to learn) if and when it presents itself,” Coster says.
A firm believer in the power of leadership, Coster strives to set an example that the next generation of women and men can look up to. She prides herself on her reliability and trustworthiness and is the first person to show up and the last to leave the workplace.
“I’m genuinely keen to keep bettering myself,” she says. “Even now, at the top of my game, I’m still always learning.”
Guided by her favourite quote, “It’s better to be green and growing than ripe and rotting”, Coster constantly stokes her curiosity and keeps an open mind about life and business. Her kindness, positive attitude, business acumen and dedication to her profession make her a trusted and valuable partner to her peers and the mortgage industry.