Daniel Arvani
Partner, Managing Partner
Practice
Mergers & Acquisitions
Public and private acquisitions, carve-outs, joint ventures and activism defence, from first approach to closing.
§ 01Overview
We advise buyers, sellers, boards and special committees on transactions where the terms matter as much as the price: competitive auctions, take-privates, carve-outs and cross-border combinations.
Our deal teams are small and senior. The partner who negotiates the term sheet stays through signing, regulatory clearance and closing, and brings in antitrust, tax, employment and finance colleagues as the structure demands.
§ 02Key contacts
Key contacts
Minh Hoang
Counsel
§ 03Experience
Representative matters
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Advised Osric Therapeutics on its sale to Pendray Life Sciences
Negotiated the merger agreement and contingent value rights for a clinical-stage biotech, with antitrust clearance in the US and UK.
Mergers & Acquisitions · Antitrust & Competition
US$2.1 billion
Advised Grayvale Partners on the continuation vehicle for three portfolio companies
Structured the secondary transaction and the tax treatment of the rolling investors.
Mergers & Acquisitions · Tax
US$1.1 billion
Advised Aldous Capital on its take-private of Quillon Software
Represented the sponsor on the acquisition, the committed financing and the tender offer structure.
Mergers & Acquisitions · Capital Markets & Finance · Tax
US$1.3 billion
Secured unconditional clearance for Marlow Semiconductors' acquisition of Ostara Photonics
Managed merger-control filings in the US, UK and EU, including a second request response.
Antitrust & Competition · Mergers & Acquisitions
US$950 million
§ 04Insights
Related insights
Webinar: governance for private capital portfolio companies
Board composition, information rights and conflicts, for sponsors and portfolio company management.
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Eastern time · Online
Earn-outs: drafting for the dispute you hope never comes
An earn-out bridges a valuation gap at signing and often reopens it two years later. The drafting decides who wins that argument.
What our deal teams are seeing going into 2027
Notes from our M&A, finance and antitrust lawyers on how transactions are being negotiated, financed and reviewed.
Preparing for a second request: a timeline for merging parties
An in-depth merger review is a project with a timetable. Parties who plan it from the term sheet keep control of it.
§ 05Related