Daniel H. Williams

daniel.williams@lw.com

+1.212.906.4518

Profile

Daniel Williams advises private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies, and strategic investors in mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions.

Daniel helps US and global clients to execute transactions in a full spectrum of industries. His experience with complex cross-border transactions includes mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, carve-outs, joint ventures, minority investments, and sales of distressed assets.

Daniel draws on a proven track record to develop substantive solutions for his clients, employing a calm and confident approach to negotiations and an ability to diffuse high-pressure situations.

Experience

Daniel’s representative experience includes advising:

Odyssey Investment Partners and its portfolio companies in a number of transactions, including Protective Industrial Products, NSi Industries, Mercalis, Service Champions, IEM, ProPharma, Levata, Magna Legal Services, CPI, and Applied Technical Services
Carlyle Power Partners and Cogentrix Energy in a number of acquisitions and dispositions, including the US$3 billion sale of Cogentrix Energy to Quantum Capital and the acquisition of multiple cogeneration facilities from Cascade Investment
Siemens, in several transactions, including the US$10 billion acquisition of Altair Engineering, the US$5.1 billion acquisition of Dotmatics, the acquisition of Brightly Software, the investment in Electrify America, and the US$4.5 billion acquisition of Mentor Graphics Corporation
Leonard Green & Partners in several matters, including the US$18.25 billion disposition of SRS Distribution and the deSPAC of AerSale
Cinven Partners in several transactions, including the acquisitions of Jaggaer and National Seating & Mobility
NRG Energy in its US$3.625 billion acquisition of Direct Energy through a carve out
MD Helicopters in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale
Energy Capital Partners, along with a consortium of investors, in the pending US$17 billion acquisition of Calpine Corporation, a wholesale power generation company, operating natural gas-fired and geothermal power plants