Salem Aboghodieh is a corporate attorney and associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York, specializing in mergers & acquisitions, private equity, investment funds and technology transactions. Salem earned his JD/MBA from Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business, where he was awarded the F.H. Barlow Scholarship for excellence in commercial law and the Dean’s Gold Key for making an outstanding contribution to the law school. He also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Toronto. Passionate about education as a tool for empowerment, Salem regularly mentors high school and undergraduate students. In his free time, he enjoys weightlifting, soccer, podcasts, and the outdoors.