Emily
Naveenan

Emily summered at the firm in 2024. She recently graduated from the dual Honours Bachelor of Commerce and Juris Doctor (French Common Law section) program at the University of Ottawa, finishing in the top 10% of her class. During her legal studies, she received the Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Prize for academic excellence in Business Associations, the Wildeboer Dellelce LLP Business Law Scholarship and the Rovinescu Award of Excellence for Community Service. Emily held several leadership roles during law school, including President of the Business Law Society, President of the Tamil Students’ Union, Vice-President of Events for the Tax Law Society and Student Liaison with the South Asian Bar Association of Toronto. Emily also served as a teaching assistant for a dispute resolution course, a research assistant in the areas of corporate and technology law, and a research fellow with a pan-African research network, where she conducted research on AI and authorship across Asia and Africa. She authored a research paper on discriminatory funding practices affecting police forces servicing First Nations communities, which was selected for presentation at the Ottawa Law Review’s annual Research Colloquium. In her final year, Emily was elected to the Law Review’s senior board, where she served as Submissions Manager (French). Before joining Aird & Berlis, Emily worked at the Office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and interned at the Office of the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel at the Senate of Canada. In her free time, Emily enjoys swimming and dancing.