Cherie Mah

Cherie acts for lenders – both private lenders and financial institutions - and borrowers in a variety of debt-financing and lending transactions.

She provides lending and financing expertise to clients looking to complete corporate mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations, and involving operating and term credit facilities across all market levels . She has experience in:

real estate financings

leveraged buy-out financings

multi-jurisdictional lending transactions

syndicated loans transactions

mezzanine and subordinated debt financing

asset-based lending

Cherie focuses on real estate and construction financings related to the acquisition, development and refinancing of various real estate assets such as land acquisitions, shopping centres, office buildings, industrial and mixed-use residential properties.

She advises on issues relating to the Land Title Act and the Personal Property Security Act, and has assisted lenders with developing standard forms for loan, security and related agreements, as well as establishing lending practices and procedures for commercial mortgage and other real estate-based lending programs.

She regularly acts for sureties in connection with deposit protection facilities and advises on the Real Estate Development Marketing Act.

Cherie is also a member of the Alberta Law Society and routinely acts on transactions with both a B.C. and Alberta component.

Past Co-Chair, Risk Management Association, Young Professionals Group (Vancouver chapter)

Member, Canadian Bar Association, Banking Section

Member, Law Society of British Columbia

Member, Law Society of Alberta

Board Director, Boys and Girls Club Foundation of South Coast BC, 2022 – Present

Speaker, University of British Columbia, Allard Law Women’s Caucus, Mothers in Law Panel, January 2022

Mentor, Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers, 2014-Present

Volunteer, Vancouver Food Runners, 2020 – present

Division Ambassador, H1 & H2 Vancouver Thunderbirds Minor Hockey Association, 2021 - Present

Team Manager, H1, H2 & H3 Vancouver Thunderbirds Minor Hockey Association, 2019 – 2022

Team Manager, Jericho Little League Baseball, 2018 – 2020

Volunteer, Access Pro Bono's "Pro Bono Going Public", September 2020

Volunteer, BLG Reads to Kids Program (Literacy Program for Inner-City Kids), 2011-2020

University of Saskatchewan (included exchange programs in 2007 at Oxford University in the U.K. and the University of Victoria in B.C.)

LLB

2009

University of British Columbia

BA in English Literature

2006