Shahrzad Esmaili

Shahrzad Esmaili is an IP partner at Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP in Toronto. As a seasoned patent practitioner, she advises technology companies, research institutions, and international associates on Canadian patent strategy, drafting, prosecution and global portfolio management with a focus on emerging computing inventions. She also develops practical patent strategies that align with her clients’ business and commercialization objectives, with particular insight into how Canada’s patent framework can support broader global filing and portfolio strategies. With an electrical and computer engineering background and prior tech-industry experience, her practice spans machine learning, software, fintech, e-commerce, autonomous transport systems, aerospace systems, telecom, biomedical devices, control systems, and advanced computing technologies.