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Caroline Yao

Associate
Vancouver
About

Caroline Yao is an associate in the corporate group.

Caroline assists clients on a wide range of matters, ‎including financings, mergers and acquisitions, and drafting and reviewing various commercial ‎agreements.‎

Prior to law school, Caroline worked as a Chartered Accountant at an international accounting firm in its ‎audit and tax groups. Caroline summered and articled with the firm, before joining as an associate in 2021. ‎

Areas of FocusReal EstateCorporateStrategic and Commercial ContractsTechnology
Bar admissionsBritish Columbia, 2021
Languages
  • English
Education
  • J.D., University of Ottawa, 2020‎
  • B.Com, University of British ‎Columbia, 2012‎

Awards

  • Dean’s Honour List, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
  • Harry Beahen Q.C. Memorial Prize

Pro Bono

Caroline is a member of the Canadian firm’s Black and Indigenous Business ‎Law Clinic (the “Clinic”), which provides qualifying Black and Indigenous founders with practical and timely corporate and commercial legal advice. In 2022, the Clinic was one of four recipients to receive the Justice Seymour Simon Award recognizing outstanding pro bono work done by a team of lawyers and staff at the firm.

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Law Society of British Columbia
  • Canadian Bar Association ‎
  • Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia‎

My latest insights

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Black and Indigenous Business Law Clinic celebrates two years of providing legal advice‎

7 September 2022 .3 minute read

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DLA Piper Canada advises emerging companies across multiple sectors in their strategic...

6 July 2022 .33 minute read

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DLA Piper Canada advises startups across key sectors in their continued growth

24 January 2022

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