Daniel Gutmann

daniel.gutmann@lw.com

+1.650.470.2207

Profile

Daniel Gutmann is an associate in the Bay Area offices of Latham & Watkins.

Daniel represents private equity investors, corporate clients and other financial investors across a wide range of industries, including technology and software, life and environmental sciences, internet and digital media, and retail and consumer products.

His experience includes domestic and crossborder transactions, including:

Private equity transactions
Mergers and acquisitions, divestments
Management buy-outs and management participations
Joint ventures
General corporate matters

Prior to joining Latham, he practiced as a corporate associate in other leading international law firms in Germany.

Experience

Daniel’s experience includes advising:

Cinven on numerous transactions, including:
- Its US$2.6 billion acquisition of Bayer’s environmental science business*
- Its sale of CeramTec*
- The IPO of its portfolio company Synlab*
Macquarie on its acquisition of Thyssengas*
Permira in its acquisition of Neuraxpharm*
Rivean Capital (formerly Gilde Buyout Partners) on numerous transactions, including on acquiring:
- Dataciders*
- Init*
Triton on numerous transactions, including on:
- Acquiring SCHOCK*
- Acquiring AVS Verkehrssicherung*
- Add-on acquisitions and divestitures for its portfolio companies*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Qualifications

Bar Qualification

California
Rechtsanwalt (Germany)

Education

LLM in International Business & Economic Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 2020
Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court Frankfurt, 2017
First German State Exam, University of Frankfurt, 2013

Languages Spoken

English
German

Practices

Industries

artificial intelligence machine learning big data concept

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