Hannah Jean Bourgeois

Hannah Jean Bourgeois is an Associate in Dentons' National Tax group, based in the Toronto office. Her practice focuses on Tax Law.

Passionate about taxation law and policy in both the profit and non-profit sectors, Hannah maintains a blended practice including corporate tax advisory, tax planning, business structuring, tax litigation and tax dispute resolution, and charity law. In addition to her general tax advisory practice, she advises various non-taxable entities on tax status compliance matters, including pension corporations and not-for-profit corporations.

Hannah is a complex analytical thinker who is driven by a professional ethos of "think globally, act locally" when advising in all areas of commercial and social enterprise. She is committed to providing thorough, solution-oriented legal guidance to both domestic and international clients on income and indirect tax matters.

She joined Dentons as a summer student in 2020 and articled with the firm in 2022–2023. In law school, she held leadership positions that aligned her love for legal research, writing and oral advocacy with philanthropic initiatives, entertainment and mentorship. Among other roles, she served as a domestic and US tax law research assistant, a senior editor for the University of Toronto Journal of Law and Equality, a co-director of her law school's annual sketch comedy show, and a part-time student caseworker in the housing division of Downtown Legal Services.

Her experience includes advising Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and Lionsgate Studios Corp. in connection with Lionsgate's separation of its traditional studios business and the streaming and media business of Starz Entertainment by way of British Columbia plan of arrangement.

She holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto (2022) and a degree in Political Science (Hons. Spec.) and Economics (Minor) from Western University (2019). Her recognitions include the Thorsteinssons Prize in Taxation (University of Toronto, 2022), Unique Best Student in International Taxation (University of Toronto, 2022), Semi-Finalist Appellant Team at the Donald G.H. Bowman National Tax Moot (2021), and Gold Medalist in Honors Specialization Political Science at Western University (2019).

She is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, the Canadian Bar Association and the Ontario Bar Association.