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Susan H. Abramovitch is a partner in Gowlings' Toronto office, practising exclusively in entertainment law.

Susan's practice covers all aspects of music industry transactions, as well as film, television, live theatre, multimedia, videogaming and book publishing. She has drafted and negotiated numerous entertainment-related agreements, both domestic and international, and has advised clients on all aspects of copyright law related to their businesses.

Prior to joining Gowlings, Susan served as head of the Entertainment and Media Group of another national-based law firm and was a founding partner of Stohn Abramovitch LLP, Canada's premier entertainment law boutique. Susan previously practised law at Debevoise & Plimpton in both its New York and Paris offices, working in the areas of telecommunications law, international M&A and general international corporate transactions. She has also worked in the Montréal office of a national-based law firm and at Davis, Polk & Wardell and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, two leading New York law firms. As an articling student, Susan served as a law clerk to the Honourable Mr. Justice Gérard V. La Forest of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Susan is an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law and lectures at Osgoode Hall Law School and IPIC/McGill. She is a sought-after media commentator, appearing on CBC’s The National Magazine, CBC Newsworld and CTV’s National News as well as in the Globe and Mail, National Post and Billboard. In April 2012, she was featured on the cover of Lexpert and interviewed for the story, 'Advising for the Digital Revolution.'

Susan is fluent in both English and French.