Priya Szymanski
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.Associate at Gowling WLG
- Called to the bar
- 2025
- Languages
- English
About Priya Szymanski
Priya Szymanski works on the rules behind the things people eat, drink, take and use. As an associate in Gowling WLG's Ottawa office, Szymanski concentrates on product regulatory law, with food and beverages, cosmetics, drugs, natural health products and other consumer goods all part of the mix.
Szymanski earned a JD at Dalhousie's Schulich School of Law and was called to the Ontario bar in 2025. Law wasn't a first career, though. Earlier roles included legal administrative assistant at a large firm and on an in-house general counsel team, legal project manager at a Montreal firm, and teaching assistant. That work put Szymanski alongside clients in tech, beauty, wellness, telecommunications and food. Both of Szymanski's history degrees, from Simon Fraser and Concordia, came before law school.
The interest in food regulation started early. At Schulich, Szymanski was vice president of the Food Law & Policy Association and spent time at the initio clinic helping start-ups. As a student, Szymanski described being drawn to how public regulation and private industry meet.
Off the clock, you'll likely find Szymanski cooking, wandering a farmers' market, out on a hike or catching an episode of The Simpsons, with family and a cat close by.
Practice areas
Product regulation
Szymanski's regulatory work deals with what food and drink, cosmetics, drugs and natural health products, and consumer goods more generally have to comply with in Canada.
Food, beverage and cannabis
Food and beverage, cannabis, and advertising and product regulatory work are among Szymanski's listed areas of focus, along with corporate commercial matters.
Education & credentials
- JD, Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University
- Called to the bar of Ontario (2025)
- MA in History, Concordia University
- BA in History, Simon Fraser University
In the community
- While at law school, Szymanski served as vice president of the Food Law & Policy Association and helped organize events on the overlap between food and law.
- As a student at the initio Technology and Innovation Law Clinic, Szymanski gave legal information and help to start-ups working in tech, science and the creative industries.
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