Daniel E. Wolf
Professional Profile
Daniel Wolf has a diverse corporate practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, securities and general corporate matters. He represents private equity firms, leveraged buyout sponsors, and public and private companies, as well as investment banks and financing sources, in a variety of domestic and international transactions. Mr. Wolf has substantial transactional experience with the financial services, hospitality, health care and telecommunications industries.
Mr. Wolf's transactional work has been recognized by numerous legal and financial publications. In 2008, Investment Dealers' Digest named Mr. Wolf to its '40 Under 40' list, and in 2007 The New York Times also named him as one of the "next generation of deal makers" under the age of 40.
In addition, as a leading contributing author of the Kirkland M&A Update, Mr. Wolf's thought leadership has been recognized by various academic and business publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, The New York Times' Deal Professor, Investment Dealers' Digest, DEALLawyers.com and Deal Lawyers, Practical Law Company (PLC) and LAW360.
Representative Matters
Mr. Wolf has advised clients on numerous significant negotiated and contested merger and acquisition transactions, including the representation of:
- Danaher Corporation in the $650 million acquisition of MDS Analytical Technologies from MDS Inc. and in the related $450 million acquisition of a 50% stake in the Applied Biosystems/MDS SCIEX joint venture from Life Technologies Corporation;
- BHP Billiton in its approximately $150 billion now withdrawn acquisition of Rio Tinto;
- American General Corporation in its $25 billion merger-of-equals transaction with Prudential plc and subsequent hostile takeover by American International Group (AIG);
- Cendant Corporation (now Avis Budget Group, Inc.) in its separation into four companies through the spin-offs of its Realogy and Wyndham Worldwide divisions and the $4.3 billion sale of its Travelport division to the Blackstone Group;
- ECI Telecom Ltd. in its $1.2 billion buyout by a private equity consortium in the first significant private equity buyout of an Israeli public company;
- consortium of buyers in the approximately $800 million announced leveraged buyout of Winston Hotels, Inc., a public hotel REIT;
- Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. in the investment by Silver Lake of approximately $200 million;
- Fox Paine & Company, LLC, a leading private equity firm, and many of its portfolio companies in numerous M&A and finance transactions;
- Dresdner Bank AG in its acquisition of the investment banking business of Wasserstein Perella Group, Inc.;
- Knight Capital Group, Inc. in numerous acquisitions and dispositions in its global markets and asset management divisions;
- Leonard Green & Partners in its leveraged buyout of Twinlab Corporation and subsequent high-yield debt, and initial and secondary equity public offerings;
- AboveNet Communications Inc. in its $1.6 billion merger with Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc.; and
- Syncor International Corporation in its $1 billion acquisition by Cardinal Health, Inc.
Mr. Wolf also has an active practice representing both issuers and underwriters in equity and high-yield debt financings. His work in this area includes the representation of investment banks in the financing of recapitalizations and other buyout or going-private transactions. Recent transactions include the representation of Janus Capital Group in its approximately $400 million offering of common stock and convertible notes, and related tender offer for outstanding senior notes.
Mr. Wolf was also involved in the development of the innovative unit products known as Income Deposit Securities (IDS). His work in this area included the representation of Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc., a Fox Paine portfolio company, in the first-ever proposed IDS offering by a public company.
Mr. Wolf also advises investment banking clients in transactional and financial advisory work.
