Gabriel Gobeil
Associate (Privacy & Data Protection)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolGabriel Gobeil is an associate in Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg’s Technology Group specializing in privacy, data protection, IT outsourcing and cyber breach response, with eight years of multidisciplinary experience across law, government and intelligence. He brings transactional and incident-response expertise to M&A and complex technology deals, grounded in hands-on practice within a leading Canadian firm. Gabriel’s background includes policy and diplomatic roles—serving in political affairs at the Consulate General of Israel and advising federal ministers—which informs a pragmatic understanding of government relations and geopolitics in privacy and security matters. His graduate research on the moral and strategic implications of UAVs and AI gives him an uncommon academic lens on emerging tech risks that complements his legal practice. Based in Montreal, he combines litigation-adjacent skills with policy fluency to help clients navigate regulatory, operational and strategic challenges around data and cybersecurity.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at Concordia UniversityBachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) and Juris Doctor (J.D.), Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) and Juris Doctor (J.D.) at McGill University – Faculty of LawDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) [not completed], Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) [not completed] at University of TorontoMaster of Arts (M.A.), Master of Arts (M.A.) at Tel Aviv UniversityMaster of Arts (M.A.), Master of Arts (M.A.) at University of Ottawa
French, English
Github Skills (27)
climate-science9
julia8
parallel-computing8
climate-change8
science7
entropy6
markov6
markov-random-field5
gaussian5
txt4
netcdf4
complexity4
chaos3
nonlinear-dynamics3
interval-arithmetic3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
JuliaExtremes/IDFDataCanada.jl
Aug 2019 - Jun 2024
A set of methods to get ECCC IDF data from .txt files
Contributions:2 reviews, 10 PRs, 39 pushes in 4 years 10 months
txt-filesecccidftxtclimate
JuliaExtremes/ExtendedExtremes.jl
Jul 2020 - Aug 2022
A collection of extended Generalized Pareto distributions (EGPD) and related functions.
Contributions:115 commits, 3 PRs, 29 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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