Ziyao returns to the Firm as an Articling Student after summering with Blakes in 2022.
He recently received his JD with a business law concentration from the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia.
During his studies, Ziyao was awarded the Panvini Scholarship in Law and the M.F. Jefferson Smith Memorial Award. He also worked as a teaching assistant for commercial law courses at UBC's Sauder School of Business and volunteered with Pro Bono Students Canada and the UBC Law Review.
Prior to law school, Ziyao earned a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of British Columbia.
Ziyao speaks Mandarin fluently.