Full Name
Christopher Alam
Job Title
Partner & Lending Practice Group Leader
Company/ Property
Gowling WLG
Speaker Bio
Christopher Alam is a partner and leader of Gowling WLG's national Lending Group. He is also the head of the Real Estate and Financial Services Group in the firm's
Toronto office. His practice includes corporate commercial and lending transactions.

Christopher acts for both creditors, including banks and other major financial institutions, and debtors in secured and unsecured lending transactions that include public and private acquisitions, asset-based loans, and term and revolving facilities in both a domestic and cross border context. He also acts for creditors, debtors and receivers in transactions involving insolvency and related issues; and for U.S.-based lenders carrying on lending businesses in Canada.

Christopher acts for public and private corporations in providing legal assistance with general corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, borrowings and commercial transactions.

Christopher is a member of the firm's Legal Opinions Committee.

He also writes and blogs about the regulation of artificial intelligence at JurisAI or at @aijuris. Christopher is the co-lead of the firm's national artificial intelligence technology sub-group.
Christopher Alam