Greg Peterson of Reece Energy Exploration Corp.
Greg Peterson is a partner in Gowlings’ Calgary office and is a senior member of the Corporate Finance and M&A Group. Greg's practice focuses primarily on corporate finance and securities law with an emphasis on transactions involving corporate mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, private placements and public offerings.
Of the clients he represents, Greg is often a director and/or senior officer (i.e., corporate secretary) of the client. He has also been counsel to special committees of boards of directors in situations such as corporate reorganizations (whether amalgamations, plans of arrangement or take-over bids) and conflicts of interest situations. Greg represents private and public companies at all stages of their development, from initial public offerings to representing largest corporate clients (having multi-billion dollar market capitalizations).
[–] REPRESENTATIVE WORK
Transactions that are representative of Greg's practice include:
Acting for Crocotta Energy Inc. in connection with its acquisitions of Salvo Energy Corporation, Black Bore Resources Ltd., Diamond Tree Energy Ltd. and Eastshore Energy Ltd. and in connection with several financings, including $100-millionand public offering of common shares.
Acting for Reece Energy Exploration Corp. in connection with its public listing, its business combinations with Long View Resources and with Penn West Energy Trust and with several financings, including $50-million and $25-million public offerings of common shares.
Acting for Vault Energy Trust in connection with its business combination with Penn West Energy Trust and in connection with several financings, including a $50-million public offering of convertible debentures.
Acting for Chamaelo Energy Inc. in connection with its conversion into Vault Energy Trust and the creation of Chamaelo Exploration Ltd. and in connection with several financings, including a $200-million public offering of common shares.
Acting for Chariot Energy Inc. in connection with several financings including $50-million and $188,000,000 offering of common shares.
Acting for the underwriters in connection with several financings, including $100-million and $46-million public offerings of common shares and a $220-million public offering of subscription receipts
[–] COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Greg is currently and has been a director and officer of several companies listed on the TSX and TSX Venture Exchanges. Greg also serves as a director of several associations in the sports community.
He was a professional football player for the Calgary Stampeder Football Club from 1983 to 1992 and is currently the radio commentator for the Calgary Stampeder Football Club radio broadcasts.
[–] ARTICLES, PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS
From 1996 to 1999, Greg was the University of Calgary, Faculty of Law course instructor for Corporate Finance & Securities Law. He is a frequent lecturer for the University of Calgary MBA program, the Canadian Bar Association and the Legal Education Society of Alberta.
Greg is the co-author of the securities book, Securities Regulation in Canada, published by Butterworths.
Author of the materials and presenter for the TSX Venture Exchange Corporate Governance Workshop and the TSX Venture Exchange Rules and Tools Workshop.
Author of the publication, "Private Placement Financing," Legal Education Society of Alberta, April 2000 Meetings.
Author of the publication, "General Securities Law Issues for Practitioners," Canadian Bar Association 2000 Mid Winter Meeting.
YEAR OF CALL
1992 Alberta
EDUCATION
California Western School of Law, JD and LLB
Brigham Young University, BSc.
