Sara Shayan is a senior associate at Stikeman Elliott LLP in Toronto, specializing in information technology, privacy and data protection, e-commerce, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate/commercial law. A proud alum of the University of Ottawa (J.D., 2018), she previously worked as a legal intern at the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) and Shopify Inc. and contributed research to The eQuality Project. She regularly advises clients in connection with complex technology matters and is a co-author of The Practitioner’s Guide to Privacy in M&A (LexisNexis, 2024).
Biography up to date as of October 3, 2025.