Daniel Lopez
Partner, Corporate & Financial Services
Daniel Lopez is a partner in Willkie’s Corporate & Financial Services Department and Private Equity Practice Group. He is based in the Firm’s San Francisco office.
Danny advises private equity funds and their portfolio companies across the tech and life sciences sectors on various strategic transactions, including leveraged buyouts, dispositions, carveouts, debt financings, growth equity investments and secondary transactions.
In addition, Danny counsels boards, special committees, investors and other key stakeholders on fiduciary duty, securities law, corporate governance and equity compensation matters.
Experience
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s (LCLD) Fellows Program, 2022
- Advisory Board Member, UC Center for Business Law, San Francisco
- Co-author, “A Guide to Acquiring a Distressed Tech Company,” Forbes, May 27, 2020
- Represented Warburg Pincus in acquisitions of and investments in health care information technology companies
- Represented Turn/River Capital in acquisitions of and investments in SaaS and technology companies
- Represented True Wind Capital in acquisitions of and investments in technology companies
- Represented a global private investment firm in a carve-out acquisition of an enterprise SaaS company
- Represented Aptean, a portfolio company of TA Associates and Vista Equity Partners, in several add-on acquisitions of SaaS companies
- Represented a global alternative investment manager in debt and equity investments and strategic transactions involving technology companies
- Represented Telegraph Hill Partners in acquisitions of and investments in life science, medical device and healthcare companies
- Represented Canaan Partners in venture capital investments
- Represented Canvas Ventures in venture capital investments
- Represented Coatue Management in investments and secondary transactions
- Represented Cruise Automation in its acquisition by an automotive company
- Represented Wrike in its strategic investment by Vista Equity Partners
- Represented Swoop in its acquisition by W20 Group (New Mountain Capital)
- Represented controlling shareholders of Dozuki in its investment by Marlin Equity Partners
*Danny advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.
Credentials
Education
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, J.D. (magna cum laude), 2010 Cornell University, B.S., 2006