Meet Your Instructors

  • Gary Solway

    Partner
    Bennett Jones

    Gary Solway is Managing Partner of the Technology, Media & Entertainment Group. His practice focuses on all aspects of corporate/commercial, corporate governance, special committee and securities work, primarily for clients in the technology, media and entertainment fields. Gary also acts for both U.S. and Canadian private equity and venture capital investors and for foreign buyers acquiring Canadian businesses.

  • Sabrina A. Bandali

    Partner
    Bennett Jones

    Sabrina A. Bandali helps Canadian and international clients navigate a broad range of international trade and investment law issues. She provides strategic advice related to free trade and investment protection agreements, customs law, foreign corrupt practices, export controls, economic sanctions, trade remedies, cross-border product regulatory and labelling, and international dispute settlement.

  • Jeilah Y. Chan

    Partner, Trademark Agent
    Bennett Jones

    Jeilah practices all aspects of intellectual property, representing clients in litigation involving patent, trademark, contract/licensing, trade secret and copyright issues. Jeilah advises clients on IP issues arising out of M&A transactions, joint ventures and licensing matters. She also advises clients on advertising and labelling, and IP protection, enforcement, commercialization and brand-building strategies.

  • David Wismer

    Global Head, Technology Investment
    BMO

    David has over 20 years of technology investment banking experience and has completed over $100 billion in capital raising and advisory transactions, including some of BMO's most significant transactions globally over the last several years. He is a trusted advisor to high-growth technology companies from early stage to large-cap public companies. David has advised clients in the U.S., Canada and Europe across debt, equity, leverage finance and M&A.

  • Raj Sahni

    Partner
    Bennett Jones

    Raj Sahni is a partner in the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice Group and the chair of the firm's India Committee. His 20+ years of experience includes complex international and cross-border insolvencies, formal and informal debt workouts and restructurings, receiverships, bankruptcies, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act restructurings and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act proposals.


  • Enza Ciciretto

    Partner
    Deloitte

    Enza specializes in bringing tax solutions to private companies and their founders with a focus on the technology and media sectors. Enza has experience in providing tax consulting and advisory services to technologies companies through the various phases of their lifecycles. Enza also focuses on tax planning for acquisitions and divestitures, and has in-depth experience in structuring sale transactions.