Ponora Ang is national co-leader of the Firm’s Asia-Pacific practice group and a leading civil and commercial litigator, who has litigated many different and complex matters before various courts. Ponora advises and represents clients primarily in the areas of manufacturer liability, sales and leasing, real estate, construction law, commercial leasing and shareholder/investor disputes.
He is regularly asked to represent the interests of manufacturers, producers, distributors and sellers in the automotive, medical, security, consumer product and aviation industries. Ponora also routinely provides advice to and acts on behalf of real estate developers and commercial property owners regarding their projects and transactions.
In addition to his litigation practice, Ponora’s advice on investing in Canada is highly sought after by companies based primarily in the Asia-Pacific region and Southeast Asia. He regularly advises state-owned enterprises, private companies and individuals from Asia seeking to expand their business activities in Canada. He is a frequent speaker in both Canada and Asia on legal considerations for foreign investment in Canada.
Ponora has been an instructor at the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Law, in the Master’s in Business Law in a Global Context (LLM) program, where he has taught product liability and civil and commercial litigation. He was also a speaker at a Canadian education program offered to judges from China. He was the recipient of the YBAM’s “Lawyer of the Year 2010” award in civil and commercial litigation. More recently, Ponora was recognized in the prestigious Lexpert Rising Star 2021 / Top 40 Under 40 list for his extensive legal experience and has also been recognized by both Best Lawyers in Canada and Canadian Legal Lexpert in his primary practice areas.
Ponora is also involved on several boards of directors in Québec, for both charitable organizations and Asian-based business associations. He was President of the Young Chinese Professionals Association, which was awarded “Best Young Chamber of Commerce of Québec 2012” during his term. He was also one of the four finalists for the Regroupement des Jeunes chambres de commerce du Québec’s “Québec Director of the Year 2013” award. Ponora was named among the “Top 20 de la diversité” in 2013 by the news agency Média Mosaique, in collaboration with ICI Radio-Canada. In 2015, he was named an “Eminent Young Overseas Chinese” by the Chinese government. And Ponora was formerly President of the Montreal Chinese Hospital Foundation. Ponora was also a participant in a news story, televised and produced by Radio-Canada, in which he was asked to share his experience as a caregiver for an elderly member of his family.
In 2023, he was awarded the Medal of the National Assembly of Québec in recognition of the numerous ways he has been engaged in the community for many years.
