100 King St W, Suite 1600, 1 First Cdn Pl, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1992 (QC); 1994 (New York); 1996 (ON)
Susan Abramovitch, a bilingual Toronto Gowling WLG partner, is among the world’s leading entertainment and sports lawyers. Head of the entertainment and sports law group, her practice spans music, film, television, theatre, fine arts, multimedia, videogame, sports, esports, metaverse/NFT, and publishing. Licensed in Ontario, Quebec, and New York, she delivers advice on entertainment and sports law-related matters to domestic and international clients, drafts and negotiates agreements, advises on deal terms, structures, and dispute resolution, counsels on international industry standards, and manages rights acquisitions. She is program director for Osgoode Hall Law School’s continuing legal education certificate in entertainment law and lectures at the University of Toronto’s law and music faculties. She is an honourary governor of The Corporation of Massey Hall/Roy Thomson Hall. Clients and peers rank her as a leader in guides such as Chambers Canada, Lexpert®, The Best Lawyers™ Canada, Legal 500 Canada, Who’s Who Legal: Entertainment (Global), and Expert Guides/Women in Business Law. Winner of the Lexpert® Zenith Award for her leadership and practice excellence, she was also named one of Toronto’s 50 most influential by Toronto Life magazine.
