About Metcalfe, Blainey & Burns LLP

Metcalfe, Blainey & Burns LLP, known as MBB Law, is a small firm founded in 1954. Its 11 lawyers cover wills, estates and trusts, real estate, immigration, corporate commercial and mergers and acquisitions, and commercial leasing, and the firm also runs a joint litigation practice, MBB Litigation, delivered together with McCague Borlack LLP. MBB Law works from a single office at 18 Crown Steel Drive in Markham.

MBB Law focuses on enterprises and individuals connected to mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and its lawyers work in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese. Managing partner Sammy Lee earned an LL.B. from the University of Hong Kong in 1976, practised as a barrister there for 12 years, then was called to the Ontario bar and made a partner at the firm in 1992. Managing partner Janet Lee spent the first ten years of a legal career at Osler working mainly in corporate commercial matters, then moved to Gowlings and Norton Rose before joining MBB in 2014. Janet Lee has advised clients including AVIC International, Bank of China (Canada), and the China Investment Corporation, along with Canadian companies such as General Motors, Bank of Montreal, and Royal Bank of Canada.

In the community

  • Edward Choi serves as Vice Chair of the Markham Public Library Board and as a member of the Race Relations Committee of the City of Markham.
  • Edward Choi is the founder and co-organizer of Christmas Once Again, a volunteer initiative listed among the firm's community activities.

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This firm’s lawyers at a glance

Called to the bar
2002–2026 · median 7 years in practice 6 of 11 lawyers
Law schools
University of Hong Kong (2), Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of London, University of New Brunswick and 1 more 8 of 11 lawyers
Languages on the roster
Cantonese, Chinese, English, Mandarin

Where to find them

18 Crown Steel Drive, Suite 202, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X8 · 905-475-7676

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