Susan Abramovitch is one of the world’s leading entertainment lawyers and a Toronto-based Gowling WLG partner. As head of the Entertainment & Sports Law Group, her practice covers transactions and disputes in the music, film, television, videogame, branded entertainment, sports, e-sports, live theatre, fine arts, NFT and book publishing industries. Susan works with a wide range of domestic and international clients to deliver strategic advice on key entertainment and sports law-related matters, such as drafting and negotiating contracts and agreements, advising on deal terms, structures and dispute resolution, counseling on international industry standards and managing rights acquisitions. Heavily involved in the legal community as a teacher and mentor, Susan is the program director for Osgoode Hall Law School’s Continuing Legal Education Certificate in Entertainment Law and a frequent lecturer at Osgoode Hall, the faculties of law and music at the University of Toronto and the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. Susan also sits on the Board of Governors of The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall. Susan is an executive committee member of the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers. Clients and peers consistently rank her among the leading lawyers in her field in guides such as Chambers, Who’s Who, Lexpert®, Legal 500 and Best Lawyers. Susan won the Lexpert Zenith Award in recognition of her leadership and expertise. She has been named one of Toronto’s 50 most influential people by Toronto Life magazine.
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