Firm Profile

Hadri Law is a Toronto business law firm serving clients across Ontario in the areas of corporate law, commercial law, employment law, and international business law.

Hadri Law Firm

Toronto business Law firm

We help clients succeed

Hadri Law is a Toronto business law firm specializing in corporate, commercial, employment, and international business law.

Whether a client is starting a new business or expanding its existing one, Hadri Law is keen in providing comprehensive, practical, and reliable support at every step of the way. From incorporations, reorganizations, and dissolutions to M&A transactions, secured and unsecured lending and borrowing, and contract drafting and negotiation, Hadri Law is dedicated to delivering customized legal strategies that cater to the distinct needs of its clients.

For clients with international business interests, Hadri law acts as a bridge builder between the North American market and the European and African markets offering its services in English, French, Spanish, and Catalan.

We empower you to make informed decisions

We are the trusted advisor you need by your side to achieve your goals and grow your business

Nassira El Hadri

founder & principal lawyer

Your globally-minded lawyer and trusted advisor

Nassira is a Toronto business lawyer that founded Hadri Law to provide clients with personalized, practical, and effective legal solutions. She is passionate about helping clients grow their business and reach their full potential.

Before founding Hadri Law, Nassira worked as a Corporate & Commercial associate lawyer at a busy mid-size firm in Hamilton, where she provided advice to corporate clients, including banks and credit unions, worked on M&A and financing transactions, and drafted and reviewed contracts and agreements in the areas of corporate, commercial, and employment law.

Before becoming a lawyer in Ontario, Nassira worked for over 4.5 years in heavy equipment finance, focusing on secured and unsecured debt recovery through legal proceedings across Canada, including Quebec. She worked closely with and instructed lawyers from law firms of all sizes.

GET TO KNOW NASSIRA

Nassira possesses a unique skillset that combines experience, languages, and education. She studied law in four different languages: English, French, Spanish, and Catalan. She studied law in Spain, France, and Canada, and she is qualified to provide legal advice in all three jurisdictions. She holds two master degrees, one of them focusing on international transactions, including international commerce, trade, and banking, between European and African countries. With Hadri Law, Nassira acts as a bridge-builder between the North American market and the European and African markets.

Because Nassira understands the challenges internationally trained lawyers face when they come to Canada and intend to practice law, Nassira acts as a mentor to those needing help with navigating the NCA process, completing an LLM at a Canadian university, preparing for and taking the bar exams, finding and completing an articling placement, and building their personal brand as Canadian lawyers.

When Nassira is not running Hadri Law, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She loves travelling and exploring new places and flavours. As a sports fan, she enjoyed seeing the Toronto Raptors win the NBA championship and is looking forward to seeing the Toronto Maple Leafs winning the Stanley Cup.

EDUCATION

LLM in Canadian Common Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2019
Master’s Degree in International Business Law, Universite de Perpignan Via Domitia, 2015
LLB in Law, Rovira i Virgili University, 2014

CERTIFICATES

Notary Public, Ontario Government, 2022
CAP de Transporte Nacional e Internacional de Mercancias por Carretera, Generalitat de Catalunya, 2009

CALL TO THE BAR

Law Society of Ontario, 2021

PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH PROJECTS

Major Legislative Amendments of 2021, HLA Journal, The Hamilton Law Association, Vol. 31, Issue 5, p. 34, October 2021
L’activité economique d’une association loi 1901, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, Perpignan, France, July 2015
El Arbitraje Online, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain, June 2014
Contes Arabs. La Literatura Popular del Nord del Marroc, Published by Malhivern Editor in 2011: ISBN 10: 8493774650 / ISBN 13:
9788493774653

MEMBERSHIPS

Law Society of Ontario
Toronto Lawyers Association
Hamilton Law Association
Spain-Canada Chamber of Commerce
Burlington Chamber of Commerce
Burlington Chapter of The Entrepreneur Nation (Founding Member)
Hamilton Chapter of The Entrepreneur Nation
Metaverse Bar Association

Nicholas Dempsey

Corporate M&A Lawyer

Nick is a corporate and commercial lawyer who has experience advising clients on a wide range of Ontario business law matters including corporate governance, financing transactions, and corporate reorganizations. His practice focuses on private M&A transactions, having worked on over 90 asset and share sale transactions in many different industries and sectors.

With a background in business and an entrepreneurial approach, Nick prides himself on providing pragmatic, creative, and client-orientated solutions to legal problems. He enjoys working with start-ups and family businesses, providing them with high quality advice to help them achieve their goals including completing financing transactions, negotiating commercial agreements, and selling their businesses to retire or move on to other projects.

GET TO KNOW NICK

Prior to joining Hadri Law, Nick worked for over four years with a top ranked regional law firm in downtown Toronto. Working at a full-service law firm, Nick gained experience advising clients on a wide range of business law matters. A particular area of focus was providing timely and sophisticated transactional and regulatory advice to domestic and international private equity clients who were in the business of acquiring companies to grow quickly and consolidate businesses within the same industry.

Nick is an avid traveller; he has been to many countries around the world and enjoys learning about the local cultures and traditions of the places he visits (especially the food). He is working hard to learn Spanish, and practiced his French while completing an exchange during law school in Lyon, France.