Join us on Wednesday, April 5 from 12-1 PM for a discussion led by Damon Miño of DocuSign. Topics will include:

• What is an eSignature?
• eSignature Law Overview
  • U.S. Statutory Analysis
  • International Landscape
  • Practical Considerations
• What do Courts Say?
  • DocuSign as an Example
  • Case Law & Concepts

Registration for this event is now closed.

Join Davis Graham, BKD, and your tech or other colleagues for an evening of networking, tech and other business talk, and of course, beer! We’ll be happy to discuss business, accounting, and legal issues that will help you protect, grow, and ensure your tech idea or business is a success.

Event Information

Thursday, February 9
5:30 – 7:30 PM

Epic Brewing Company

3001 Walnut Street
| Denver, CO 80205

Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP is pleased to invite you to join us for the next installment of the Colorado Compliance Roundtable Breakfast Series. The series is open to all investment adviser compliance professionals and service providers. Each installment is designed to assist with a particular aspect of the evolving regulatory and business landscape.

This series offers a unique opportunity to exchange ideas, questions, and best practices with local compliance professionals, attorneys, and compliance consultants in an interactive, candid, small-group setting.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments in 2016 to Form ADV and to the books and records rule under the federal Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The amendments, among other things:

• Require advisers to provide certain information about separately managed accounts (SMAs), such as the types of assets held and the use of derivatives and borrowing;
• Streamline and standardize the process of “umbrella” registration of related advisers on one Form ADV;
• Require advisers to maintain additional materials related to the calculation and distribution of performance information; and
• Provide ADV disclosure regarding social media, outsourced compliance officers and multiple office locations.

The amendments have a compliance date of October 1, 2017, and will be effective for most investment advisers for their annual update due in late March 2018. Even though the implementation deadline could seem a ways off, careful planning starting in 2017 can ease the transition.

Issues to be addressed include:

• What information do I need to disclose about my SMA arrangements, and should I seek to modify any of my contracts before the disclosure deadline?
• Who are “related advisers” and what are the benefits and drawbacks of umbrella registration?
• What additional burdens will be imposed as a result of the extra recordkeeping requirements for performance calculations and will there be any associated effects on subjects like performance portability?
• What social media issues should I be thinking about in light of the new disclosure requirements?

Our speakers for this program will include:

• Peter Schwartz, Partner, Davis Graham
• Kevin Teng, Of Counsel, Davis Graham

Event Information

January 19, 2017

1550 17th Street
Suite 500
Denver, CO 80202

Breakfast | 7:30 AM
Program | 8:00-9:00 AM

Program Materials

Summary of Pay-to-Play Enforcement Actions

Please join Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP and your public company peers for the Annual Update on January 11, 2017. Discussions will cover a range of topics, including:

SEC Insights

• Dodd-Frank rulemaking update, Non-GAAP financial measure guidance, whistleblowing and related severance agreement issues, and Regulation S-K concept release

Executive Compensation Trends

• Clawbacks, Pay Ratio, and ISS Update

Capital Markets Update

• Davis Graham’ insights from 2016 and outlook for 2017 on the issues and trends in equity and debt capital market transactions

Event Details

January 11, 2017

Breakfast | 7:30 AM
Program | 8:00 – 10:30 AM

Four Seasons Hotel Denver

1111 14th Street
Denver, CO 80202

Agenda

Presentation Materials.

A Review of the New Changes

In 2011, the American Association of Professional Landmen formed a task force to undertake a comprehensive revision to the Form 610 Model Form Operating Agreement, which was last revised in 1989. After many years in the making, the much anticipated Model Form 610-2015 JOA has now officially been released. Attorney Lamont Larsen of Davis Graham will summarize the numerous changes made in the Model Form 610-2015 JOA, explain the rationale behind the new changes, and discuss why companies should begin using the Model Form 610-2015 JOA in their oil and gas operations.

Event Details

December 8, 2016

Breakfast | 7:30 AM
Program | 8:00 – 9:00 AM

Presentation Materials

Model Form Operating Agreement Redlines

A Review of the Risk Allocation Provisions

In early 2014, the International Association of Drilling Contractors issued a new version of its widely used form of daywork drilling contract. However, drilling activity dropped off dramatically shortly thereafter due to the collapse of oil prices. With improved prices, drilling activity has increased. In light of this increased activity, attorney Gene Lang of Davis Graham & Stubbs will present a one-hour program addressing the risk allocation provisions in the “new” version of the daywork drilling contract, particularly those provisions that were modified.

Event Details

November 17, 2016

Breakfast | 7:30 AM
Program | 8:00 – 9:00 AM

Program Materials
Painter vs Sandridge Energy Inc.
Daywork Contract Sample

A request for one CLE and AAPL credit for Colorado are pending.

Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP is pleased to invite you to join us for the next installment of the Colorado Compliance Roundtable Breakfast Series. The series is open to all investment adviser compliance professionals and service providers. Each installment is designed to assist with a particular aspect of the evolving regulatory and business landscape.

This series offers a unique opportunity to exchange ideas, questions, and best practices with local compliance professionals, attorneys, and compliance consultants in an interactive, candid, small-group setting.

Like many other businesses, asset managers create, use, and license intellectual property (IP) every day. Some of this property belongs to the asset manager and some to others. Asset managers need to have a basic understanding of the kinds of IP that affect their businesses and how to properly use, protect, and safeguard that IP.

Issues to be addressed include:

• Can I trademark or copyright any aspects of my business – and if so, how?
• What are trade secrets?
• What business concerns exist in my intellectual-property-related agreements – such as those with my IT provider, my website developer, and others?
• How do I protect my IP (especially patentable IP), and how do I seek to ensure that I do not violate anyone else’s IP rights?
• What intellectual property issues affect my website, marketing collateral, and other parts of my business?

Our speakers for this program will include:

• Trent Martinet, Partner, Davis Graham
• Kevin Teng, Of Counsel, Davis Graham

Event Information

November 16, 2016

1550 17th Street
Suite 500
Denver, CO 80202

Breakfast | 7:30 AM
Program | 8:00-9:00 AM

Program Materials

Davis Graham and the Nevada Water Resources Association invite you to attend a half-day program focusing on topics, including:

Developments in Federal Water Regulation

– Jurisdictional Water Determinations
– Tribal Issues in Clean Water Act Permitting: The Dakota Access Pipeline

• Zach Miller, Partner, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
• Connie Rogers, Partner, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

Swimming in Alphabet Soup: Changes to FWS and BLM Regulations

• Rob Mathes, Partner, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
• Katie Schroder, Partner, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

Sage Grouse LUPA and Mineral Withdrawal Environmental Impact Statement

• J.J. Goicoechea, Chair, Sagebrush Ecosystem Program and Commissioner, Eureka County
• Laura Granier, Partner, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

Event Details

October 27, 2016

Breakfast | 7:30 AM
Program | 8 AM – 12 PM

5650 Riggins Court
Reno, NV 89502

Presentation Materials

Nevada and Northeastern California Greater Sage-Grouse Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment

CERCLA 108(b) Financial Responsibility

CERCLA Financial Assurance Market Study

Join your peers and Davis Graham attorneys for the fourth networking event in this series to discuss Colorado’s vibrant cleantech economy, climate issues, and sustainability.

Event Information

October 19
5:30-7:30 PM

Rhein Haus
1415 Market Street
Denver, CO 80202

Join Davis Graham, BKD, and your tech or other colleagues for an evening of networking, tech and other business talk, and of course, beer! We’ll be happy to discuss business, accounting, and legal issues that will help you protect, grow, and ensure your tech idea or business is a success.

Event Information

Thursday, November 10
5:30 – 7:30 PM

Epic Brewing Company
3001 Walnut Street
Denver, CO 80205