Daniel G. Berick focuses his practice on securities law, corporate finance and corporate transactional matters. He counsels public and privately held companies in the issuance of equity and debt securities; mergers, acquisitions and dispositions; securities law compliance; shareholder and investor relations matters; stock exchange listing and compliance matters; and executive employment and general corporate matters. He advises venture capital firms and private equity and hedge fund sponsors in connection with fund formation and structuring, portfolio company investments, acquisitions and dispositions, and securities and corporate law matters. Mr. Berick also regularly represents investment banking firms in public and private offerings of securities and in a wide range of other securities matters including financial advisory engagements and fairness opinions.

Mr. Berick is affiliated with numerous professional associations and organizations including The Financial Markets Association, Association for Corporate Growth and the Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals. He is the corporate secretary of an AMEX-listed manufacturing company and served as the corporate secretary of an NYSE-listed real estate investment trust for more than 13 years, from its initial public offering (IPO) through its acquisition by a private real estate fund in a transaction valued at more than US$1 billion. Mr. Berick has also served as director or corporate secretary of a number of privately held companies.

As in previous years, Mr. Berick is listed in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for corporate law, securities law, leveraged buyouts and private equity law, and mergers and acquisitions law. He was named as a 2010 Ohio Super Lawyer by Law & Politics magazine and was listed in the 2008 edition of The Legal 500 US as a key member of the firm’s M&A practice. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s Sections of Corporation and Business Law, Securities Law, and Banking and Financial Services Law. Mr. Berick is also a frequent speaker and writer on securities and corporate law topics.

Reprezentatywne doświadczenie

Public Capital Markets

• Representing one of the largest bank-based financial services companies in its US$1 billion at the market public offering of common shares, in exchange offers for approximately US$2 billion of publicly-held securities, and in its US$1.75 billion public offering of common shares and noncumulative perpetual convertible preferred stock.
• Representing a Nasdaq-listed global information technology company in connection with a US$103 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) offering of ordinary shares and two underwritten public offerings of ordinary shares.
• Representing the underwriters of the public offerings by an NYSE-listed global manufacturer of industrial coatings and sealants of US$300 million principal amount of its 6.125% notes due 2019 and of US$250 million principal amount of its 6.50% notes due 2018.
• Representing one of the two co-sponsors of a special-purpose acquisition company in connection with its US$375 million IPO.
• Representing the underwriters of a public offering by an NYSE-listed international specialty metals company of five million shares of common stock.
• Representing an NYSE-listed real estate investment trust in its registered direct placement of 1.4 million Common Shares of Beneficial Interest and its Rule 144A offering of US$74,750,000 principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2023.
• Representing a global information technology company in connection with its IPO and Nasdaq listing.
• Representing issuers or underwriters in several de novo community bank IPOs.
• Representing a global specialty chemicals company in connection with the private placement of US$550 million principal amount of its Senior Subordinated Increasing Rate Bridge Notes.

Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity

• Representing a private investment group in its US$123 million acquisition of a logistics company.
• Representing a private investment group in connection with its acquisition of a sizeable minority ownership interest in a National Football League franchise.
• Representing a privately held pharmacy benefits provider in its US$630 million acquisition via merger.
• Representing a rollup vehicle in its acquisition of several commercial refrigeration business units from, among others, a Fortune 100 diversified manufacturer.
• Representing a multibillion-dollar NYSE-listed business services company in connection with several strategic acquisitions.
• Representing a private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of the post-secondary education assets of a leading Europe-based proprietary education company.

Venture Capital and Growth Stage Companies

• Advising in the formation and initial capital raising of a startup consumer products company and its out-license of its core product to a global market leader.
• Representing a business services and consulting company in connection with its initial venture capitalization and four subsequent investment rounds.
• Representing a medical diagnostics company in connection with its formation, seed investment and subsequent rounds of venture financing.
• Representing a startup media company in connection with its formation, seed capital and several subsequent venture financings.
• Representing a privately held pharmacy benefits provider in connection with its receipt of US$25 million in initial venture funding and its subsequent US$630 million liquidity event.
• Representing venture capital and private equity funds in connection with numerous senior debt, mezzanine debt and equity investments.
• Representing a private equity fund in connection with the development of its specialty equity finance product and numerous investment transactions.

Private Investment Funds

• Representing a private equity firm in connection with its formation of several single- and multi-strategy onshore and offshore hedge fund vehicles.
• Representing a private investment firm in connection with its making a lead investment in a hedge fund and offshore parallel fund and the structuring and negotiation of its revenue sharing agreement with the fund manager.
• Representing an institutional fund sponsor in connection with its restructuring of its “fund-of-funds” investment platform.
• Representing a hedge fund in connection with its restructuring to include a “side pocket” structure and its private equity investment activities.
• Representing a private equity firm in connection with the establishment of a hedge fund concentrating on microcap public equities.
• Representing a fund sponsor group in connection with the establishment of a large-cap quantitative strategy hedge fund and the negotiation of seed investment and marketing arrangements.
• Representing a private equity fund formed to make investments in minority-owned and minority-managed enterprises in connection with its formation and its subsequent investment activities.