Practice Focus
- Corporate/Mergers/Technology Use and Intellectual Property
- Counsel to public and private corporations with respect to cross-border and domestic merger and acquisition and financing transactions
- Counsel to software and technology developers and service providers concerning product development, marketing and distribution
- Counsel to senior pipeline and oil and gas joint ventures concerning international development, implementations and marketing of mission-critical technology
- Advisor to corporations, including technology businesses, regarding cross-border and domestic product development and marketing
- Counsel to international oil and gas marketing firms
- Start-Up and Early-Stage Companies
Practice Areas
Education
- Queen's University, Bachelor of Laws, 1979
- University of Toronto, Bachelor of Science and Engineering, 1975
Bar Admission
Professional Associations
- Member, Law Society of Alberta
- Member, Law Society of Ontario
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Calgary Bar Association
- Member, CBA Business Law Subsection, (Executive, 1987-1990)
- Member, CBA Business Law and Technology and Intellectual Property Subsections
- Registered Canadian Trademark Agent
Presentations
- Speaker, Canadian Institute Seminar on Intellectual Property in Business Transactions
- CBA Business Law Subsection on various topics relating to banking and share and asset acquisitions
- CBA Technology and Intellectual Property Subsection on Electronic Data Transfer and Electronic Data Processing
- Auditors Society on the legal aspects of Electronic Data Transfer
Community Involvement
- Member, Board of Directors, Habitat for Humanity Calgary
Professional & Firm Involvement
- Member, IT Committee, BD&P
- Former Chairman, CBA Business Law Subsection, 1989-1990
