CIC Connect Program

Date of first session: Wednesday, April 7th, 2025
Date of second session: Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
Time: from noon to 1:00 PM ET
Location:

• Virtual: Zoom (A link will be shared one day prior to the event)

Speaker:


      Lou Brzezinski, Partner
Lou Brzezinski is a partner in the Commercial Litigation Group, specializing in business reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, and bankruptcy. He has represented clients in high-profile cases, including Sears Canada, Target Canada, and US Steel Canada, before various courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Lou also leads the firm’s Fraud, Investigation, Recovery, and Enforcement (FIRE) group, handling complex fraud investigations, including Ponzi schemes and bank fraud. He has extensive knowledge of emerging areas like blockchain and digital currency, offering legal expertise to clients in these fields. Lou is a certified arbitrator, an experienced mediator, and has taught seminars on legal aspects of fraud, internet security, and cross-border insolvencies.
 
 Topic: The Trade War and Hudson’s Bay

April 16 Session

Speaker:


Sohaib Habib, M.Sc., JD
Sohaib is a cryptocurrency lawyer most notably known as the first lawyer in Canada to effect legal service on Defendants by way of a Non-Fungible Token (“NFT”) airdrop. Sohaib is a litigator who also frequently advises cryptocurrency start-ups and technology companies on emerging business structures, including decentralized autonomous organizations (“DAOs”), intellectual property matters, and compliance issues with token launch (“ICOs”). 

 Topic: Emerging Credit Technologies: Blockchain and “Web 3.0”
This session will provide an introductory overview of blockchain technology, including cryptocurrency tokens, non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), smart contracts, and decentralized autonomous organizations (“DAOs”). Real life examples will be provided on how credit is being secured on the blockchain through smart contracts to seamlessly facilitate lending and borrowing. Critically, lending and borrowing in this context is done “trustlessly”, meaning there is no third party institution overseeing the lending and borrowing, allowing anyone anywhere in the world to access credit and provide collateral for credit.

Sessions will be scheduled during lunch hours, late afternoons, and early evenings (Eastern Time). Specific times will be confirmed in advance prior to each session.

* This schedule is prepared in advance and may be subject to change without notice.