Mandana Niknejad
Associate

Mandana Niknejad

Mandana’s legal experience is as diverse as her background. She brings over eight years of international legal experience to Hull and Hull LLP and is licensed to practice law in Canada and Iran.

She first attended law school in Tehran, Iran where she was born and raised. Then continued her legal education at McGill University and the University of Toronto where she earned Master’s degrees respectively in Comparative Law and Canadian Common Law.

Mandana’s legal career started with a focus on international arbitration in Iran. She then joined a leading European law firm based out of Germany. In that role, she was the head of the M&A legal team and advised and represented a number of multinational companies and major European manufacturers in their M&A deals and other aspects of their investment projects.

Having made Canada her home in 2018, Mandana fulfilled all requirements to practice law in Ontario and got called to the bar in 2020. Before joining Hull & Hull LLP, Mandana gained valuable litigation experience at boutique litigation firms in downtown Toronto.

Mandana speaks English, Persian, French and has some understanding of Arabic language. In her free time, you can find her riding a bike either at a spinning studio or outdoors.

Career & Education

    Education
  • LLB

    University of Shahid Beheshti
  • LLM in Comparative Law

    McGill University
  • GPLLM

    University of Toronto

Publication & Teachings

Recent Posts
May 08, 2026 Mother’s Day and Modern Families: Posthumous Children and Inheritance Rights in Ontario

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The Ontario Court of Appeal’s recent decision in  Stingelin Estate v. Woods, 2026 ONCA 240, provides important guidance on the ...

May 04, 2026 Absolute Discretion Is Not Absolute: The Even‑Hand Rule in Estate Administration

The recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Karrow v. Boghosian, 2026 ONSC 2425, addresses the limits ...