Daniel H. Williams

Partner

New York
daniel.williams@lw.com
+1.212.906.4518

PRACTICES

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity

INDUSTRIES

  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Technology

BAR QUALIFICATIONS

  • New York

EDUCATION

  • JD, University of Texas School of Law, 2015
    with honors
  • BA, Southern Methodist University, 2012

PROFILE

Daniel Williams advises private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies, and strategic investors in mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions.

Daniel helps US and global clients to execute transactions in a full spectrum of industries. His experience with complex cross-border transactions includes:

  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Dispositions
  • Carve-outs
  • Joint ventures
  • Minority investments
  • Sales of distressed assets

Daniel draws on a proven track record to develop substantive solutions for his clients, employing a calm and confident approach to negotiations and an ability to diffuse high-pressure situations.

EXPERIENCE

Daniel's representative experience includes advising:

  • Odyssey Investment Partners in a number of transactions, including:
    • IEM
    • Magna Legal Services
    • CPI International
    • Painters Supply
    • Planet Group
    • Service Champions
    • Protective Industrial Products
    • Applied Technical Services
    • ProPharma
    • NSi Industries
    • Aramsco
  • Siemens, in several transactions, including:
    • Acquisition of Brightly Software, a software-as-a service provider of asset and maintenance management solutions
    • In its investment in Electrify America, an ultra-fast electric vehicle charging network in North America
    • US$4.5 billion acquisition of Mentor Graphics Corporation, a company dealing in electronic design automation
  • Cogentrix Power, in several transactions, including the sale of a 49% interest in Rhode Island State Energy Center to EGCO Group
  • Cinven Partners’ acquisition of:
    • Jaggaer, a global provider of procurement software for large- and medium-sized enterprises
    • National Seating & Mobility, a leading provider of complex rehabilitation mobility and accessibility solutions
  • NRG Energy in its acquisition of Direct Energy through a carve out
  • MD Helicopters in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale
  • Energy Capital Partners, along with a consortium of investors, in the pending US$17 billion acquisition of Calpine Corporation, a wholesale power generation company, operating natural gas-fired and geothermal power plants