Celyna Yu
Lawyer
she/herCelyna is an Associate in TDS's Business Law Group, practicing in the areas of tax law and corporate and commercial law.
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Celyna is an Associate in TDS’s Business Law Group, practicing in the areas of tax law and corporate and commercial law. Her practice is primarily focused on mergers and acquisitions, owner-manager taxation issues, corporate reorganizations, and business succession planning. Celyna spent the summers of 2020 and 2021 as a summer student with TDS, and returned in 2022 as an Articling Student-at-Law. Celyna was called to the Manitoba Bar in June 2023, and joined the firm as an Associate.
Celyna graduated from Robson Hall with the University Gold Medal. While at Robson Hall, she served as the President of the Diversity in Law Group and the Robson Hall Debate Society. Before law school, Celyna graduated from the I.H. Asper School of Business with the Bronze Medal in Management, where she was actively involved with the Commerce Students’ Association.
Celyna is passionate about her community and enjoys volunteering with organizations including the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre, the Legal Help Centre, and the Immigrant Centre. She is also a current board member of the St. John’s Ravenscourt School Foundation and the Young Associates.
Additional Information
Tax Law for Lawyer’s Course, Canadian Bar Association – 2023
Juris Doctor, University of Manitoba (Robson Hall, Faculty of Law) – 2022
B.Comm Honours (with Distinction), University of Manitoba (I.H. Asper School of Business) – 2019
Manitoba, 2023
University Gold Medal, University of Manitoba – 2022
The Honourable Justice Joe E. Hershfield, Q.C. Award for Corporate Taxation – 2022
Archie Micay, Q.C. Prize for Corporations I, University of Manitoba – 2022
Lieutenant M. M. Soronow Scholarship, University of Manitoba – 2020
MLT Aikins, Honourable Marshall Rothstein Prize, University of Manitoba – 2020
R.R. Goodwin, Q.C. Prize for Property Law, University of Manitoba – 2020
Bronze Medal in Management, University in Manitoba – 2019
Emerging Leader Award, University of Manitoba – 2019
Sessional Lecturer for the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law Corporate Tax Course
Honorary Solicitor of the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre
Current Board Member of the St. John’s Ravenscourt School Foundation
Current Board Member of the Young Associates
Past Board Member of the St. John’s Ravenscourt Alumni Association
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