As a member of Fasken’s tax and securities groups, Zaira’s experience includes assisting with corporate reorganizations, financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and disputes with tax authorities.
Zaira clerked at the Federal Court and interned with the Provincial Court of British Columbia and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Prior to law school, Zaira worked with science-entrepreneurs at UBC helping scientists commercialize their discoveries.
Zaira has a Master of Arts in International Studies, and received a SSHRC Graduate Scholarship for her academic achievements, and a Soroptimist Foundation Scholarship for her work with former child soldiers and women survivors of violence in northern Uganda.