This course will be a three part virtual series held over the below dates:

Links will be sent the day prior to the session.

First session will be held on Thursday March 18 from 11:30 to 1:30

Second session will be held on Thursday, March 25 from 11:30 to 1:30

Third session will be held on Thursday, April 1 from 11:30 to 1:30

Who:

This seminar is intended for landmen and other industry personnel who are responsible for coordinating the conduct of title review with outside counsel or those conducting due diligence reviews and rectifying title deficiencies when acquiring assets.

What:

This seminar will focus on the practical aspects of title and due diligence reviews when acquiring assets in Western Canada. Attendees will benefit from the suggestions presented to make the title review process involving outside counsel more cost-effective and efficient, enabling you to interpret the title opinion and use it as a working document in your land administration system. In addition, guidelines and procedures will be presented to enable internal land personnel to conduct due diligence reviews in circumstances where the involvement of outside counsel may not be merited. Finally, the process of deficiency rectification will be discussed as well as alternatives for dealing with unresolved deficiencies within the context of the business deal and the sale agreement.

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Instructor(s):

Matthew D.A. Potts

Matthew Potts is a commercial lawyer and Counsel at Dentons Canada LLP. Matthew has over 33 years’ experience in commercial transactions with a focus on oil and gas transactional work, day to day operational issues and preparation of historical title opinions, freehold drilling opinions, title opinions and reports, purchase and sale agreements and specific conveyancing. Matthew has been a sessional lecturer at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology teaching an oil and gas course to paralegals and a guest lecturer in the McPhail Energy School and the University of Calgary Law School Oil and Gas class. Matthew has lectured to clients on oil and gas and real property law, the execution of documentation under the land titles system and taught other CAPL courses. Matthew is an Associate member of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen (CAPL) and worked on the CAPL Freehold Lease Committee involved in drafting a new lease for industry. In June of 2014, Matthew was a guest speaker at the inaugural Oil and Gas Investment Forum, Beijing, China speaking on the acquisition of conventional oil and gas assets in Western Canada. Matthew is a Qualified Arbitrator with a focus on Oil and Gas Land disputes and other land disputes.

John Parry

John is a Petroleum Landman who has worked in the industry since 1978.  John has experience in all aspects of exploration and development activity both in Canada and the United States, and has worked in all aspects of Land from Field Exploration to E&P Management. Currently John is a consulting Petroleum Landman serving clients operating in Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan. Previously John was the Land Manager at SkyWest Energy Corp., President of McMurray Energy Corp., a thermal heavy oil company and was a senior Mineral Negotiator with Canadian Natural Resources Limited.  John is a Graduate of the University of Calgary, member of the CAPL, the AAPL and is a Licensed Land Agent in Alberta.

Jesse Standing

Jesse Standing is a second year associate in Dentons’ Calgary office, where he practices in the energy group. He regularly assists on commercial and oil and gas transactions, including asset and share acquisitions/dispositions in various capacities, including conducting general commercial and oil and gas specific due diligence. Jesse also has experience negotiating and drafting commercial and energy-related agreements as well as assisting in corporate reorganizations.  Jesse also assists private companies with various corporate governance matters.