Daniel Arvani
Partner, Managing Partner · New York
§ 01Overview
Daniel Arvani leads the firm and its New York office. For twenty-five years he has advised public companies, boards and private equity sponsors on the acquisitions and strategic transactions that change the shape of their businesses.
He is known for keeping complex, multi-party negotiations moving, and for the judgement boards rely on when a transaction meets an unexpected obstacle late in the process.
§ 02Experience
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
Counsel to the underwriters on Veltra Payments' initial public offering
Advised the joint bookrunners on the listing of a payments platform and its concurrent private placement.
Capital Markets & Finance
US$780 million
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
§ 03Credentials
Credentials
- Bar admissions
- New York
- Education
- Calder University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1996
- Northfield College, B.A., Economics, 1993
- Languages
- English, Farsi
§ 04Insights
Insights by Daniel
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
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.