Derek Cumming
"My role as your advisor is to find practical solutions that create the opportunities for you to succeed in business."
Call to Bar
- Admitted to the Manitoba Bar in 1993
Areas of Focus
Derek Cumming is a partner with Fillmore Riley LLP. He has more than 15 years of experience practising in all aspects of corporate and commercial law, with a special emphasis on intellectual property and information technology matters, merger and acquisition transactions and real estate law. Derek is a registered Trade-Mark Agent.
Representative Clients / Cases / Transactions
Representative Transactions Derek has been involved in include:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Real property development
- Purchase, sale, and leasing transactions
- Secured debt financing and securities placements
- Franchising, patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright licensing and protection
- Proprietary manufacturing, software, and website development
- E-commerce transactions
- High-tech employment
- Non-disclosure agreements
Education
- Osgoode Hall Law School, Bachelor of Laws, 1992
Professional Activities
- Chair, Technology Committee, Fillmore Riley LLP
- Sponsor, Entrepreneurs’ Organization, Winnipeg Chapter
- Member, Manitoba Bar Association
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
Volunteer Activities
- Member, Membership Committee, St. Charles Country Club
- Member, Finance Committee, Winnipeg Winter Club
- Former Director, Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba
Practice Groups
Publications / Presentations
Derek has lectured on corporate commercial, intellectual property and privacy matters for several professional associations including:
- Co-Author & Presenter, "When the Family Business Fails" (Estate Planning Council of Winnipeg, November 1, 2010)
- Entrepreneurs Organization
- Canadian Association of Financial Planners
- The Isaac Pitblado Lecture Series
- The Manitoba Bar Association
- The Law Society of Manitoba
He has also authored papers on various aspects of intellectual property and corporate commercial law.