Sam Sorbara is a life-long resident of Guelph. He graduated with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Guelph in 1975 and then attended the University of Ottawa Law School from which he graduated in 1978. Sam articled in Guelph and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1980. Sam is the founding partner of the firm and restricts his practice to corporate and commercial matters, concentrating on the purchase and sale of businesses, corporate finance, corporate reorganizations and publishing law. Currently, much of his practice concerns assisting the firm’s corporate clients address legal issues associated with the use of technology and the restructuring of corporations having regard for the rollover, reorganization and restructuring provisions of the Income Tax Act.

Over the years Sam has been personally involved in a number of business and real estate ventures and is now well-known for his practical business approach to the practice of law. Many of the firm’s business clients have benefited from his ability to facilitate rather than frustrate corporate business and financing transactions. Sam is a past-President of the Guelph Development Association and still has a close association with his developer and builder clients.

A long-time devotee of the arts and an avid book collector, Sam founded the Waterloo based publishing company, Loon In Balloon Inc., which provides a much-needed opportunity for new authors to get their novels published. He is the firm’s Managing Partner.