Biography
Dan represents many of the Firm's largest corporate and private equity sponsors. He focuses on complex, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and has worked on some of the Firm's largest and most complex M&A transactions. He has significant experience in managing large, multijurisdictional transactions that often involve multiple White & Case offices across numerous time zones. Dan's industry experience includes private equity, retail, energy, oil & gas, medical devices, healthcare, and manufacturing.
In addition to his multijurisdictional M&A practice, Dan has also advised on numerous in- and out-of-court debt and equity restructuring transactions. He regularly works with the Firm's Financial Restructuring group on debtor sale transactions and strategic investor transactions. His practice also includes advising boards of directors on corporate governance matters.
Experience
Noteworthy transactions include the representation of:
The founders/controlling equity holders of GHO Capital in connection with the pending merger of GHO and CBC Group, creating the world’s largest healthcare investment company.
The general partner of a large tech-focused private equity sponsor in connection with its 10% GP-stake sale to a consortium of financial investors.
Pacific Century Group in connection with the $1.2 billion sale of its PineBridge Investments asset management business to MetLife.
Kohler Co. in connection with its carve-out transaction with Platinum Equity to form Kohler Energy as a separate, independent business that is majority owned by Platinum. Kohler Co.remains an investment partner of Kohler Energy.
Pacific Century Group and its subsidiary, bolttech Holdings Limited, in connection with several acquisitions by bolttech and bolttech' s Series A, Series B and Series C financings.
DIC Corporation, a Japanese fine chemicals company, and its US subsidiary Sun Chemical Corporation, in connection with DIC's €1.15 billion acquisition of BASF's global pigments business, known as BASF Colors & Effects.
Seaspan Corporation, the world's largest independent containership owner-operator, in its acquisition of the remaining 89% of Greater China Intermodal Investments LLC it did not previously own from affiliates of The Carlyle Group and other minority owners at an implied enterprise value of US$1.6 billion.
Pilot Travel Centers, LLC and the Haslam family in connection with Berkshire Hathaway's $13.6 billion acquisition of Pilot, the country’s largest truck stop operator.
The Houston Rockets NBA Franchise and its owner Mr. Leslie Alexander in connection with the US$2.2 billion sale of the team and rights to the Toyota Center in Houston to Tilman Fertitta.
The CityMD senior management team in connection with the US$600 million sale of CityMD to Warburg Pincus and CityMD's subsequent acquisition of Summit Medical Group.
Saudi Aramco in the discontinuation of its Motiva joint venture and the division of Motiva's assets, liabilities and businesses between Saudi Aramco and its joint venture partner, Royal Dutch Shell PLC.
Qingdao Haier in its US$5.4 billion acquisition of GE's appliance business. The transaction was named "Cross-border M&A Deal of the Year" by The M&A Advisor 2017.
Consolidated Energy, the world's second largest merchant producer of methanol, in connection with its acquisition of a 50% interest in Natgasoline, LLC, an OCI subsidiary, for US$630 million.
Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd in its US$337.5 million acquisition of Scientific Protein Laboratories from American Capital, Ltd. and its US$200 million acquisition of Cytovance Biologics from Great Point Partners.
Coinmach in connection with its simultaneous US$300 million acquisition of AIR-serv Group LLC from Macquarie Capital and the US$1.1 billion sale of Coinmach and Air-serv to Pamplona Capital Management.
Elevance (formerly Anthem, Inc.) in the US$4.675 billion disposition of its NextRx Inc. pharmacy benefit management business to Express Scripts, Inc.
Nordic Capital in connection with its US$4.1 billion acquisition of the ConvaTec division of Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Royal Ahold in its US$7.1 billion sale of broad-line food distributor US Foodservice (now US Foods) to private equity firms Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co. and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Dan also represented Royal Ahold in connection with its acquisition of US Foodservice.
Leading Lawyer for Private Equity in the United States, Euromoney's Expert Guide, 2021
The Best Lawyers in America: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, 2021
M&A/Private Equity/Mega-Deals, The Legal 500 USA, 2009
