Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Hebrew

Lawyer Overview

Daniel specializes in representing technology companies in mergers and acquisitions and in private and public securities offerings. Daniel also has experience working with, and assisting in the acquisition of, distressed businesses. In addition, he works closely with executives and founders of start-up and high-growth public companies, providing strategic legal advice and general corporate representation. Daniel also represents underwriters such as Goldman Sachs and venture capitalists such as Doll Capital Management.

Prior to joining Jones Day, Daniel was vice president of business affairs on Sun Microsystems' business development team in charge of structuring, negotiating, and executing Sun's acquisitions and equity investments. During his tenure at Sun, Sun completed over $2.5 billion in acquisitions. Prior to joining Sun, Daniel was a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Private Equity
• Buyouts
• Fund Formation
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer
• Business Restructuring & Reorganization

Representative Cases

• $332 million acquisition by Hewlett-Packard Company
• Acquisition by AOL
• Acquisition by Sierra Wireless
• Acquisition by ValueClick
• Acquisition of Exinom Technologies
• Acquisition of GE Global eXchange Services
• Acquisition of IT Service Management Division of Vertical Solutions
• Acquisition of Mangrove Systems
• Acquisition of MARGI Systems
• Acquisition of Matrix Semiconductor
• Acquisition of MaXware
• Acquisition of National Semiconductor's Advanced PC Business
• Acquisition of PowerLight Corporation
• Acquisition of Qualystem Technology
• Acquisition of Silicon Motion
• Acquisition of Systinet
• Acquisition of TefenSoft
• Acquisition of ULi Electronics
• Acquisition of YASU Technologies
• Alliance with StorageTek
• Initial Public Offering of Monolithic Power Systems
• Issuance of Shares by MicroDisplay Corporation
• Issuance of Shares by Voex, Inc.
• Joint Venture with Oak Technology
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement by Apexone Microelectronics, Inc.
• Private Placement by Entegrity Solutions Corporation
• Private Placement by Informative
• Purchase of assets of Oak Technology, Inc.
• Represented E-Tek Dynamics in their $15 billion sale to JDS Uniphase
• Represented Healtheon in their $5 billion merger with WebMD
• Represented Sun Microsystems in their $500 million acquisition of Forte Software
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Notes Offering
• Sale of Japanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility
• StepUp Commerce (Project Jumpstart)
• Strategic Alliances and Sale of Business
• U.S. restructuring

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• California
• Connecticut
• New York

Education

• New York University

Published Works

• How to Secure Licenses You Pay For, Mergers & Acquisitions, The Dealmaker's Journal, 2005

Address

1755 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303

Phones

1.650.739.3918 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.650.739.3900 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com