Dan Gibbons represents leading companies, financial institutions, and other market participants on a broad range of public and private capital-raising transactions and corporate matters, with a particularly strong focus on fintech, digital assets, and other innovative technologies.

Dan advises clients across a broad range of industries on their most critical matters. He draws on an extensive understanding of capital-raising strategy, securities regulation, and innovative financial technologies to guide clients through transactions involving:

  • Initial public offerings
  • Secondary and follow-on equity offerings
  • Pre-IPO financings and other private placements
  • Investment-grade, high-yield, and convertible debt offerings

Dan also advises his clients on strategic transactions, corporate governance, public company disclosure, and securities law compliance.

Before joining Latham, Dan was a partner at another global law firm.

Prior to joining Latham, Dan advised the issuer or underwriter in the following transactions:

  • Circle in its US$1.2 billion IPO
  • Klarna in its US$1.6 billion IPO
  • Bullish in its US$1.3 billion IPO
  • PayPay in its US$880 million IPO
  • Gemini in its US$450 million IPO
  • Galaxy in its:
    • US$600 million US IPO
    • Launch of GLXY tokenized public shares on Solana, the first-ever tokenization of SEC-registered public equity on a major blockchain
  • Robinhood in its US$2.1 billion IPO
  • Soho House in its US$420 million IPO
  • WEBTOON Entertainment in its US$315 million IPO
  • Red Rock Resorts in its US$531 million IPO
  • ZIM Integrated Shipping in its US$218 million IPO
  • Patheon in its US$719 million IPO
  • Securitize in its US$1.25 billion de-SPAC transaction
  • Strategy on over 20 capital-raising transactions in 2024 and 2025, including:
    • Its US$21 billion at-the-market offering (the largest in history)
    • IPOs, Nasdaq listings, and at-the-market programs for Strike (STRK), Strife (STRF), Stride (STRD) and Stretch (STRC) preferred stock
    • IPO of Euro-denominated Stream (STRE) preferred stock
    • Over US$8 billion in convertible debt offerings
  • Grayscale on all of its exchange-traded product formation and capital-raising activity, including:
    • Its NYSE listing of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, the world’s first and then-largest bitcoin ETF
    • Its launch of the first spot crypto ETFs to offer staking in the US
    • Its $200 million Series A financing
  • Kraken in its $500 million Series C financing
  • Ripple Labs in the Evernorth de-SPAC transaction and related US$1.1 billion committed PIPE financing
  • StoneX Group in its US$625 million senior secured notes offering and acquisition of RJO
  • Electronic Arts in its leveraged buyout and related US$6.625 billion notes offering
  • ExxonMobil in over US$45 billion of notes offerings
  • General Motors and General Motors Financial in over US$40 billion in notes offerings
  • Hilton in over US$11 billion of notes and equity offerings
  • Fiserv in over US$10 billion of notes offerings
  • Clarivate in over US$10 billion in notes and equity offerings and its acquisitions of ProQuest, CPA Global and DRG
  • Delta Air Lines in its US$9 billion SkyMiles secured financings
  • Federal Express in its US$1.875 billion offering of aircraft equipment notes
  • Intercontinental Exchange in over US$2 billion of notes offering
  • General Electric in its reverse morris trust combination of GE Transportation and Wabtec
  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia in the sale of its asset management business to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
  • Clear Channel Outdoor in over US$8 billion in notes offerings
  • Ether Machine in its de-SPAC transaction and US$1.5 billion committed PIPE financing
  • Avalanche Treasury in its de-SPAC transaction and US$675 million committed PIPE financing
  • PetSmart in its US$2.35 billion notes offering
  • MARA Holdings in over US$3 billion in equity offerings
  • Caesars Entertainment in its US$1.7 billion notes offering
  • Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies in its US$1.5 billion equity offering
  • Trinity Industries in over US$1 billion of notes offerings
  • iHeartMedia in its US$750 million notes offering
  • SS&C Technologies in its US$750 million notes offering
  • Knight-Swift in its US$1.5 billion convertible debt offering
  • Trimble in its US$800 million notes offering and Transporeon acquisition
  • Parsons in its US$800 million convertible debt offering
  • Horace Mann in over US$750 million in notes offerings
  • Workiva in its US$625 million convertible debt offering
  • SPX Flow in its US$500 million notes offering
  • Acadia Healthcare in over US$1 billion in notes offerings
  • Valero Energy in its US$1.25 billion notes offering
  • Alnylam Pharmaceuticals in over US$1.6 billion of equity offerings
  • Dun & Bradstreet in its US$460 million notes offering
  • P&L Developments in its US$415 million notes offering
  • Kontoor Brands in its US$400 million notes offering
  • Orion Engineered Carbons in over US$700 million of equity offerings
  • Hostess Brands in over US$600 million in equity offerings
  • Hovnanian in its US$840 million notes offering
  • Lennox International in its US$350 million notes offering
  • Party City in its emergence from Chapter 11
  • Dean Foods in its restructuring and court-organized liquidation
  • Affimed in over US$300 million of equity offerings
  • Wabash National in its US$325 million notes offering
  • Semtech in its US$250 million convertible debt offering and Sierra Wireless acquisition
  • Shutterfly in its US$200 million notes offering
  • World Wrestling Entertainment in its US$200 million convertible debt offering
  • Flexion Therapeutics in over US$300 million in equity offerings
  • Avaya in its US$250 million convertible debt offering
  • Cowen Group in its US$120 million convertible equity offering
  • AC Immune in its US$117 million equity offering
  • ATI Physical Therapy US$100 million convertible debt offering
  • Otter Tail in its US$75 million at-the-market offering
  • Medallion Financial in its US$30 million notes offering

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, New York University School of Law, 2014
  • BS, George Washington University, 2010
    summa cum laude