Sander is a business law attorney with Gascon &
Associates L.L.P. in Montreal, Quebec, specializing in entertainment law,
commercial-corporate transactions, and commercial arbitration. Sander also
practises as an arbitrator in entertainment and business/commercial-corporate
matters, from offices in Toronto and Montreal. He was admitted to the Quebec
Bar in 1976 after having obtained both a Bachelor of Arts (1971) and a Bachelor
of Civil Law (1974) from McGill University.
Professional Organizations & Designations: Chartered
Arbitrator - ADR Institute of Canada, Inc. ("ADRIC") (2005)
Arbitrator for the Independent Film & Television
Alliance (Los Angeles, 2003 - present)
Mediator and Arbitrator, Film and Media Panel, World
Intellectual Property Organization (London, UK, 2005 - present)
Mediator — Arbitrator, ADR Chambers (2014 — 2017)
Investigator/Mediator, ADR Chambers Banking Ombuds (2018 -
present)
Arbitrator, Interim Urgent Measures, ADRIC (2018 -
present)
Arbitrator, Commercial Roster, ADRIC (2018 — present)
Member of the Board of Directors of the ADR Institute of
Ontario, Inc. ("ADRIO") from 2007 to 2013. Chair of ADRIO's Chartered
Arbitrator Accreditation Committee (current, which advises ADRIC as to granting
Chartered Arbitrator status to applicants). He is the immediate past Chair of
both its Audit Committee and its Governance Committee, and a member of its
Education Committee.
ADR Education
Dispute Resolution Section, American Bar Association
Board of Directors - ADR Institute of Ontario, Inc.
(2007-2013)
Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (United
Kingdom) (until 2015)
2003 - 2004: Arbitration course — ADR Institute of Canada,
Inc.
2004 to date: IFTA Arbitrators' annual and semi-annual
conferences
2005 - American Bar Association's 2nd Annual Arbitration
Training Institute — Training in Commercial Arbitration (4 days)
2005 - Mediation workshop — Stitt Feld Handy Group (4
days)
2007 - American Bar Association's 3rd Annual Arbitration
Training Institute — Training in Commercial Arbitration (3 days)
2010 - American Bar Association's 5th Annual Arbitration
Training Institute — Training in Commercial Arbitration (3 days)
To date - various other continuing legal and arbitration
programs