Profile: Frank L Davis

Mining

Biography: Mining

Frank Davis is a partner with Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP where he practises corporate and securities law with an emphasis on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate reorganisations. Frank is one of three Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP partners listed here and in the Canadian Lexpert Directory as experts in mining law and in Best Lawyers in Canada as experts in natural resource law. Frank is also listed in Canadian Who's Who. Frank has received a high rating, signifying a high level of legal ability and strong adherence to the professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability and diligence, from a legal directory which is based on confidential opinions from members of the bar.

Frank has been involved in merger and acquisition transactions, public offerings and private placements (acting for the issuer or the investment dealers) by natural resources companies with projects in, among other countries, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Central African Republic, China, Ghana, India, Mali, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia and Venezuela.

Frank is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation and the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. Frank has served as a director of a number of public companies engaged in natural resource exploration, development and production.

Frank received his BComm in 1977, JD in 1980 and MBA in 1984, all from the University of Toronto.

Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP is one of Canada's pre-eminent corporate and commercial law firms, well known for creating innovative solutions for clients. In addition to offices in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and New York, the firm has a global network of contacts through associations with the Pacific Rim Advisory Council and Interlex.