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Derrick K. Auch
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Biography

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. Mr. Auch joined Davis in 2004. Previously, Mr. Auch worked at another national law firm and at a Securities boutique law firm.

Mr. Auch 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. Mr. Auch 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.

Mr. Auch'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

Professional Experience

Among Mr. Auch's recent transactions are:

• Member of the counsel team representing an international oil and gas corporation on the $500 million plan of arrangement acquisition by a US corporation
• Lead counsel representing one of the Alberta oil and gas corporations acquired by an Alberta oil and gas trust in a $110 million plan of arrangement acquisition
• Member of the counsel team representing a Alberta based oil and gas corporation in the $89,000,000 acquisition of heavy oil assets from a major Canadian based oil and gas corporation as well as member of the counsel team acting for the Alberta based oil and gas corporation in the concurrent $52,000,000 subscription receipt offering
• Member of the counsel team representing an Alberta based acquiror in the purchase of an internationally recognised ski resort
• Lead counsel representing a public corporation on the $40 million plan of arrangement acquisition and spin-out by a public Ontario corporation
• Member of the counsel team representing a private oil and gas corporation on the $40 million plan of arrangement acquisition by a by a public Alberta oil and gas corporation
• Member of the counsel team acting for Dundee Securities Corporation in the $10,500,000 debenture financing of a Saskatchewan based public industrial minerals corporation
• Lead counsel acting for an Alberta Corporation in the $4.2 million financing placed by Desjardins Securities Inc., Research Capital Corporation and Union Securities Ltd.

Publications & Seminars

• April 2009 Davis Bulletin - The TSX Venture Exchange Streamlines Its Policies
• December 2008 Davis Bulletin - International Financial Reporting Standards
• December 2008 Davis Bulletin - Recent Changes to NI 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations
• Presenter at the 2006 Davis Securities Update Conference - Disclosure Controls and Internal Controls
• Presenter at the 2003 Calgary Mining Forum on Guidelines for Compliance with NI 43-101

Volunteer Work

• Skater Advocate for Speed Skating Canada

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

Education

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

Place and Year of Call

• Alberta, 1999

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