Lawyer Profile

Elana M. Hahn

Toronto, Ontario

Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Overview

Elana M. Hahn is a Partner in Fasken's Banking and Finance group in Toronto. She advises financial institutions, investment funds, multinational companies, government agencies, and service providers on domestic and cross-border lending, debt capital markets, securitization, structured finance, derivatives, asset-based lending, and related regulatory and transactional matters. Her work covers syndicated and bilateral lending, private placements, bond issuance programs, mortgage and other receivables financing, covered bonds, asset-backed commercial paper, repackaging programs, and other structured products. She holds an A.B. from Princeton University and a J.D. from the University of Toronto, and is admitted in Ontario and England and Wales. She previously joined Norton Rose Fulbright as a Toronto partner in 2016.

Practice Areas

  • Corporate & Commercial Law
  • Real Estate

Bar Information

Ontario, 2000 England and Wales, 2002

Professional Details

Education

J.D., University of Toronto, 1998
A.B., Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 1995

Awards & Recognition

Best Lawyers in Canada, Structured Finance Law in Toronto, 2026
Best Lawyers in Canada, Banking and Finance Law in Toronto, 2024-2026
Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Asset Securitization, 2025
IFLR1000 Highly Regarded, Capital Markets: Structured Finance and Securitisation, 2017-2025
Canadian Law Awards Excellence Award, Capital Markets Deal of the Year, 2020
IFLR1000 Canadian Capital Markets Deal of the Year Award, 2020
Legal 500, Capital Markets, 2015-2016
Chambers Global, Foreign Expert in Banking and Finance (UK), 2013-2015
Chambers Global, Expert Based Abroad in Capital Markets: Structured Finance, Securitisation and Derivatives (UK), 2013-2015
Euromoney LMG Europe Women in Business Law Awards, Best in Structured Finance shortlist, 2012

Articles & Speeches

Canada: Securitisation, The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides, 2020
Structured Finance and Securitisation, Getting the Deal Through, 2018
Speaker on capital markets, finance, financial services regulation, and securitization topics