gTalk with Susan Abramovitch - Sound advice for game contract negotiations
| Join IO for this gTalk and receive sound advice for your game contract negotiations | |
 | Susan Abramovitch, Partner, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Susan’s gTalk session will explore various issues that arise during game development contract negotiations. Specifically, the aim of the session is to provide an interactive forum whereby the audience will be invited to identify and redress common contractual pitfalls that developers can experience when entering into publishing agreements. Join us for this informative gTalk session that will address the changing issues facing the evolving world of game development contracts. |
About Susan H. Abramovitch Susan H. Abramovitch is a partner at Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP in its Toronto office and practises exclusively in entertainment law. 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. Recognized by Lexpert as a leading entertainment lawyer, Ms. Abramovitch’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. Ms. Abramovitch previously practised law at the New York-based law firm Debevoise & Plimpton in both its New York and Paris offices. At Debevoise, she worked in the areas of telecommunications law, international mergers and acquisitions and general international corporate transactions. She is called to the bar in Ontario, New York and Québec. Prior to Debevoise, Ms. Abramovitch worked in the Montréal office of a national-based law firm, and at Davis, Polk & Wardwell and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in New York. Graduating with both LL.B. and B.C.L. degrees, she was the gold medalist for her graduating year in both the Civil Law and National Law Programs at McGill University's Faculty of Law in Montréal, and served as a law clerk to the Honourable Mr. Justice Gérard V. La Forest of the Supreme Court of Canada. Ms. Abramovitch is fluent in both English and French. In the area of entertainment law, Ms. Abramovitch has published in the Canadian Journal of Law and Technology, the Canadian Business Law Journal and Cahiers de droit. She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law and lectures at Osgoode Hall Law School and IPIC/McGill. In addition, she has served as a chair, panelist and speaker at various industry and legal conferences, nationally and internationally, including South By Southwest, Midem, Sunny Side of the Doc, Canadian Music Week, Pop Montreal, Women in Film and Television's International Summit, Insight Conference's Entertainment Industries Summit, The Canadian Institute's Managing Risks on the Internet Conference, the Interactive Content Exchange, and many others; and as a media commentator 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. Ms. Abramovitch served as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the National Film Board of Canada from 2001 - 2006, and currently serves as a member of the Toronto Advisory Board to McGill University's Faculty of Law. | |
Event Timeline:3:00pm - Presentation and Q&A4:30pm - Networking reception 5:00 pm - Event end | Event Location:Ontario Investment & Trade Centre 250 Yonge Street 35th Floor Toronto, ON M5B 2L7 | To Register: The cost of registration is $25 plus GST. |
About gTalk
gTalk is a game industry speaker series and networking event that takes place in various locations across southern Ontario. Each gTalk event will feature presentations by one or more prominent game industry speakers. Following the presentations, attendees will have an opportunity for Q&A and networking. Over the course of an evening, speakers and audience members will explore relevant industry themes in an informal setting.
The gTalk series is part of a larger "GameON" (GameOntario) effort by Interactive Ontario to connect and promote the Games Industry in Ontario. GameON is made possible through the Entertainment and Creative Cluster Partnerships Fund, administered by the OMDC, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture.
The gTalk series is produced by Interactive Ontario, with the support of the OMDC and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
