About the Editors

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About the Editors

Peter V. Snell is a partner at Gowling WLG. He is based in Gowling WLG’s

Vancouver office and also works out of the firm’s Calgary and Toronto offices.

Peter is the national co-chair of Gowling WLG’s franchise practice. He special-

izes in Canadian franchise law, international, and Canadian business transac-

tions, licensing, product distribution, and intellectual property. He devotes his

practice to assisting franchise systems with their expansion plans in Canada and

overseas. Peter’s focus on business and intellectual property issues led to his

being appointed as the Chair of the Intellectual Property Committee of Ameri-

can Bar Association Business Law Section from 2013 to 2016. In 2016 he was

appointed as a member of the ABA Business Law Section Council of Gover-

nors. He was the Chair of the Canadian Franchise Association’s Legal and Leg-

islative Committee from 2011 to 2015 and has been on the Board of Directors of

the CFA since 2011. In 2015 Peter was appointed as General Counsel to the

CFA. Peter is on the Executive of the Ontario Bar Association’s Franchise Law

Section.

In 2004, he co-edited and co-authored the first edition of the ABA Forum on

Franchising’s Fundamentals of Franchising—Canada. In 2013 he co-authored

the chapter “Intellectual Property Issues in Franchising” in the ABA publication

Intellectual Property Deskbook for the Business Lawyer (3d Edition). Peter co-

authored the chapter on Canada in the ABA publication International Franchise

Sales Laws. In 2015 Peter authored the chapter on Canada in the Franchise Law

Review (2d Edition), and in 2016 he was the author of the Canada chapter for

the 3d Edition. He is recognized as a leading lawyer in Canadian franchise law

in Chambers, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory,

Who’s Who Legal: Canada, Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of

Business Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders 2017, Franchise Times

Legal Eagles (as one of the top franchise lawyers in Canada and the United

States), and the Expert Guides, World’s Leading Franchise Practitioners. Peter

was appointed as a special advisor to the government of British Columbia in the

drafting of British Columbia’s franchise legislation.

Larry Weinberg is a partner in the Toronto office of Cassels Brock & Blackwell

LLP and chair of the firm’s Franchise Law Group. Since 1989 he has had a

practice that specializes in franchise law and providing all necessary legal ser-

vices to both domestic and foreign franchisors. He currently serves as Chair of

the IFA’s Supplier Forum Advisory Board and is the only Canadian lawyer on

the IFA Board of Directors. He also currently serves as Chair of the Canadian