Derrick Auch

Partner, Calgary

Derrick Auch is a partner in the Calgary office of Davis LLP and practises in the area of corporate finance and securities and general corporate/commercial law. Derrick joined the firm in 2004.

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Previously, Derrick worked at another national law firm and at a securities boutique law firm. Derrick works extensively in assisting emerging, as well as established companies in completing both private and public financings, mergers and acquisitions, compliance with corporate governance and continuous disclosure, going public and other financing transactions.

Derrick acts for a broad range of junior issuers whose shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange as well as for various brokerage firms on public and private financings. He has also developed an expertise in oil and gas and mining law and the area of mining disclosure.

Derrick's practice includes the following:

Public offerings by prospectus
Private placements for public and private companies
Restructuring and reorganizing transactions including acquisitions, arrangements, mergers and other reorganizations
Representing brokerages on public and private financings
Extensive experience with the CPC process including prospectuses and qualifying transactions
Continuous disclosure expertise including NI 43-101 - Standards of Mining Disclosure, NI 51-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities and NI 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations
Assisting issuers with corporate governance issues

Derrick was featured on the cover of Lexpert magazine in May 2011 when he commented on the feature story "The Regulator Debate: Lawyers Take Sides on Ottawa's Mission to Form a National Securities Regulator".

Selected Experiences

Professional Associations & Activities

Member, Securities Law and Oil and Gas Subsections, Alberta Branch of the Canadian Bar Association
Member, Calgary Bar Association

Community Involvement

Member of Speed Skating Canada's Long Track High Performance Committee

Other Activities

Member of the Canadian Olympic team as coach of the long track sprinters at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics and the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics

Publications

Events

Davis Securities Update Conference
Presenter at the 2006 Davis Securities Update Conference - Disclosure Controls and Internal Controls [more]
Friday, 20 October 2006
October 2006
Calgary Mining Forum
Presenter at the 2003 Calgary Mining Forum on Guidelines for Compliance with NI 43-101 [more]
Wednesday, 9 April 2003
April 2003

In The News

The Regulator Debate: Lawyers Take Sides on Ottawa's Mission to Form a National Securities Regulator
Derrick Auch appears on the cover of the Lexpert May 2011 issue and is quoted in the feature article entitled "Securities Showdown" on Ottawa's controversial plan to create a national securities [more]
Source: Lexpert
Monday, 9 May 2011
Davis Client, Southern Pacific, raised $108 Million to complete the Equity Funding Portion for its STP-McKay Thermal Project
We are pleased to announce that the firm's client, Southern Pacific Resource Corp., raised $108,360,000 through a bought deal prospectus offering with a syndicate of underwriters, including the underwriters [more]
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Davis Client, Canacol, raised $57.5 Million to fund its Oil & Gas Exploration Activities in Colombia
We are pleased to announce that the firm's client, Canacol Energy Ltd., raised $57,500,288 through a bought deal prospectus offering with a syndicate of underwriters, including the underwriters' [more]
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Davis client, Southern Pacific Resource Corp., Closes CDN $89 Million Acquisition and Financing
On November 3, 2009, Southern Pacific Resource Corp. acquired all of the securities of Senlac Oil Ltd. from a major oil and gas company, for closing cash consideration of approximately $89,000,000. Senlac [more]
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Davis LLP Announces New Partners, Associate and Associate Counsel
Davis LLP welcomes the following lawyers to the firm: Paul Beckmann, Q.C., Associate Counsel, Wills, Trusts & Estates (Vancouver) Bryan Dunn, Partner, Corporate Commercial, Japan (Vancouver) [more]
Tuesday, 16 January 2007
Canyon Services Group Inc., a TSX listed company (TSX:FRC), closed its initial public offering of common shares under which the Corporation issued 5,000,000 common shares.
Canyon Services Group Inc., a TSX listed company (TSX:FRC), closes its initial public offering. The Offering was completed through a syndicate of underwriters led by Peters & Co. Ltd. and including [more]
Thursday, 27 April 2006

Derrick Auch

Partner

Calgary

Phone
403.698.8714
Fax
403.213.4465
Email
dauch@davis.ca

Assistant

Jennetta Van, 403.698.8735

Areas of Practice

Education

LL.B., University of Calgary, 1997
B.Comm., University of Calgary, 1993

Called to the Bar

Alberta, 1999

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