Lawyer Profile
Darrell W. Podowski
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
Darrell Podowski* is a partner in the Capital Markets and Mining Groups at Cassels. Darrell advises mining, industrial, entertainment, technology, and biotechnology companies on going public transactions, corporate finance, merger and acquisition transactions and general corporate commercial matters in Canada and internationally. He also provides advice with respect to continuous disclosure obligations and governance matters. As a result of Darrell’s seven years of experience as an exploration geophysicist with Amoco Canada Petroleum Company and four years of experience as in-house corporate counsel to Teck Resources Limited, Darrell possesses a particularly strong understanding of the practical commercial needs of his clients. Darrell has developed a strong expertise in negotiating complex purchase and sale transactions, international earn-in and farm out transactions, property option agreements, royalty agreements, strategic alliances, off-take and concentrate sale agreements, joint venture transactions and joint operating agreements.
In addition, Darrell has a great deal of experience with Latin America-related transactions and has extensive offshore experience having spent two-and-a-half years working in Bermuda with a large offshore law firm.
Darrell is recognized as a leader in mining law by such authorities as Chambers Global, Chambers Canada, the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, and Best Lawyers in Canada. Lexology Index identifies Darrell as a ‘Thought Leader’ in the area and Latinvex regularly includes Darrell as one of Latin America’s ‘Top 100 Lawyers.’
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1993 (BC); 2002 (BM)