Since 1982, Deborah Friedman's practice has focused on securities, corporate finance, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions matters for public and privately held companies, primarily in the mining and oil and gas industries. She serves as U.S. securities counsel for several public mining and oil and gas companies. She is experienced in U.S. and cross-border public equity and debt offerings, private placements and public and private M & A transactions. Her practice also includes counseling clients on securities compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley and corporate governance matters.

Ms. Friedman has represented major, mid-tier and junior mining companies in commercial, export credit and project financing transactions within and outside the United States. She has handled finance, acquisition, disposition and other transactions and matters in South and Central America (including Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Mexico and Panama), the Pacific Rim (including Australia and Papua New Guinea), and Africa (including South Africa and Ghana). Ms. Friedman has acted as counsel to both sellers and buyers in public and private company transactions and to participants in complex joint ventures.

Prior to joining Davis Graham in 1999, she served in various positions in the law departments of Cyprus Amax Minerals Company and AMAX Gold Inc. for 16 years, including General Counsel and Associate General Counsel of Cyprus Amax and General Counsel of AMAX Gold.