Cassels

Canadian Corporate Law Firm

Western University

Ali Marshall

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Ali Marshall (she/her/hers) is a member of the 2025 Summer Student class at Cassels. She is pursuing her JD at Western University and has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) from the University of Guelph. During her time at Western Law, she has been a case manager for the Sports Solution Clinic, and an intern with the Dispute Resolution Clinic. She is also the co-chair of both OUTLaws and Western Law’s Diversity Committee. Ali enjoys advocacy competitions, and recently represented Western at the Julius Alexander Isaac moot, where she placed second nationally and won the award for best factum.

Prior to law school, Ali worked for the Ministry of the Attorney General. She clerked in the Ontario Court of Justice, primarily on criminal matters, and has extensive in-court experience. She later worked for the Crown Attorney, where she developed her passion for advocacy. She further explored this interest in her 1L summer, working at a non-profit in The Hague.

In her spare time, Ali volunteers with the Feed the Hungry program at Osgoode Hall and enjoys cooking, travelling, and swimming.

Dragos Flueraru

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Dragos Flueraru is an associate in the Competition & Foreign Investment and International Trade Groups at Cassels. Dragos advises on all aspects of Canadian competition and foreign investment review law, including mergers and acquisitions, cartels and other criminal matters, private actions (including class actions), advertising and marketing practices, abuse of dominance, and other reviewable trade practices.

Prior to joining Cassels, Dragos served as a Competition Law Officer for the Competition Bureau of Canada and as a lawyer at another national law firm.

Golsa Hashemi-Ghochani

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Golsa Hashemi-Ghochani (she/her/hers) is an associate in the Business Law Group at Cassels. Golsa recently graduated from Western Law in June 2023. Golsa went on exchange at the University of Leeds in her third year of law school. During her time at Western, she was actively involved in the community where she served as a teaching assistant and volunteered as the director of sponsorship for the Western Technology Law Association. Before joining Cassels, Golsa worked as a research assistant for Dean Erika Chamberlain at Western Law. Prior to joining Cassels as an associate, Golsa was both a summer and articling student with the firm.

Prior to law school, Golsa graduated with distinction from Toronto Metropolitan University with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering. During her undergraduate degree, Golsa was involved in Toronto Metropolitan University’s community where she served as a mentor and worked as a student development representative to help gather alumni funding for the university. Between her third and fourth year of undergraduate studies, Golsa worked as a project coordinator at an environmental and infrastructure company where she coordinated all aspects of construction projects.

In her spare time, Golsa enjoys alpine skiing, exploring new restaurants with friends, camping, and taking hot yoga classes.

Misha Apel

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Misha Apel (she/her/hers) is an associate in the Capital Markets Group at Cassels, assisting clients with securities and regulatory matters. Misha graduated with her JD from Western Law in June 2023. Prior to joining Cassels as an associate, Misha was both a summer and articling student with the firm.

 

Molly Gangbar

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Molly Gangbar was a member of the 2024 Summer Student class at Cassels and will return as an Articling Student in 2025.

Nikola (Nik) Cuvalo

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Nik Cuvalo (he/him/his) was a member of the 2024 Summer Student class at Cassels and will return as an Articling Student in 2025.