Daniel J. Harrist
Associate
Houston
daniel.harrist@lw.com
+1.713.546.7509
PRACTICES
- Capital Markets
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Public Company Representation
INDUSTRIES
- Energy & Infrastructure
EDUCATION
- JD, Duke University School of Law, 2015
cum laude - BA in Psychology, Wheaton College, 2012
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
- English
PROFILE
Dan Harrist, a corporate associate in the Houston office of Latham & Watkins, advises clients on a range of strategic corporate transactions, including public and private M&A matters and capital markets offerings.
Dan regularly represents companies in complex corporate transactions. In particular, he guides clients on:
- Mergers and acquisitions, including SPAC business combinations
- IPOs and follow-on equity offerings
- Debt offerings
- Corporate governance, periodic reporting and other matters relating to public company status
EXPERIENCE
Dan's experience includes advising:
Mergers and Acquisitions
- GoGreen Investments Corporation in its proposed business combination with Lifezone Metals Limited, a developer of clean battery metals
- East Resources Acquisition Company in its proposed business combination with Abacus Settlements and Longevity Market Assets
- Sendero Midstream Partners in its US$600 million sale to Crestwood Equity Partners
- Energy Transfer in its US$7.2 billion acquisition of Enable Midstream Partners
- Matterport, Inc. in its US$2.2 billion deSPAC merger with Gores Holdings VI, Inc.
- Postmates in its US$2.65 billion sale to Uber
- Energy Capital Partners in its sale of Summit Midstream Partners, LLC to Summit Midstream Partners, LP
- Energy Transfer in its acquisition of SemGroup for US$5.1 billion
- Archrock in its US$410 million acquisition of Elite Compression Services
- UGI in its US$5.375 billion acquisition of the remaining 74% stake in Amerigas, a retail propane distributor
- Energy Transfer Equity in its US$62 billion acquisition of Energy Transfer Partners
- Kayne Anderson Acquisition Corp. in its joint venture with Apache Corporation to form a US$3.5 billion pure-play Permian Basin midstream company
- Layne Christensen Co. in its US$565 million sale to Granite Construction, Inc.
- Archrock, Inc. in its US$607 million acquisition of its master limited partnership, Archrock Partners LP
- Energy Transfer in the sale of its compression business to USA Compression Partners
- Riverstone Holdings LLC in Silver Run Acquisition Corporation’s US$1.5 billion acquisition of Centennial Resource Development
Capital Markets
- Energy Transfer in numerous registered offerings of common equity, preferred equity and senior notes
- East Resources Acquisition Company, a special purpose acquisition company, in its US$300 million initial public offering
- Warrior Technologies Acquisition Company, a special purpose acquisition company, in its US$276 million initial public offering
- Centennial Resource Development in numerous debt and equity offerings
- Bruin E&P Partners, LLC in its US$600 million unregistered notes offering
- Smart Sand, Inc. in its US$128.7 million initial public offering