Hannah Downard

Associate

Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2024
  • Toronto

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Hannah skilfully navigates her legal practice and provides thoughtful, strategic guidance on complex litigation matters. Her critical thinking and problem-solving skills enable her to provide creative and effective solutions, helping clients achieve their business objectives with confidence.

Hannah is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment Groups. She maintains a broad dispute resolution practice, focusing on commercial disputes, defamation and media law matters for both private and public clients. Hannah’s practice also includes regulatory law, particularly within the technology and competition law sectors.

Hannah joined Aird & Berlis as an associate after summering and articling at the firm.

Selected Publications

Co-Author, "Pending Deadline for Ontario Temporary Help Agencies, Recruiters: July 1, 2024," Aird & Berlis LLP, May 29, 2024.

Co-Author, "How to ‘B’ a Socially and Environmentally Conscious Business: B Corp Certification for Canadian Corporations," Aird & Berlis LLP, April 9, 2024.

Co-Author, "Deadline Extended: Licensing Requirements for Ontario Employers That Leverage Recruiters and Temporary Help Agencies Now Effective July 1, 2024," Aird & Berlis LLP, December 13, 2023.

Co-Author, "Mark Your Calendar: AODA Compliance Report Deadline Approaching on December 31, 2023," Aird & Berlis LLP, October 23, 2023.

Co-Author, "Bar Exam Breach: Law Society of Ontario Moves Ahead With Claim While Affected Candidates Are Left on Outside Looking In," Aird & Berlis LLP, June 17, 2022.

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Education

  • JD, Western University, 2023
  • BA (Hons.), McGill University, 2020

Expertise

Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment