Full Name
Mr. Chad Finkelstein
Job Title
Partner
Company
Dale & Lessmann LLP
Speaker Bio
Chad Finkelstein is a partner at Dale & Lessmann LLP in Toronto, and founder and chair of the
firm’s franchise practice group and cannabis practice group. He is a transactional lawyer and a
registered trademark agent, and practices in the areas of corporate law, M&A, franchise law,
intellectual property law, cannabis law, information technology law, advertising/marketing law and
gaming law. In 2018, he was selected as a winner of Lexpert’s Rising Stars award, recognizing
Canada’s leading lawyers under 40 years old. He has been recognized by his peers as a ranked
lawyer in such publications as Lexpert, Who’s Who Legal: Canada, Chambers Canada, The Best
Lawyers in Canada and Franchise Times. He contributes regular columns on business, cannabis,
franchising and branding legal issues to the National Post and The Globe & Mail, and has been
an interview subject on these issues in the Globe and Mail, National Post, the Canadian Press,
and on CTV, CBC, BNN, CityTV, CH News and numerous radio news programs. He is also a
guest lecturer at the University of Toronto.
Chad Finkelstein