Daniel I. Ganitsky is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Latin America Groups. Over the course of his career, Daniel has had significant roles in numerous public company transactions, acquisitions of private companies or businesses, restructurings, proxy contests and financial advisor representations. In the last six years, he has worked on almost 60 publicly announced transactions with an aggregate value of more than $75 billion.
In 2014, Law360 selected Daniel as one of ten “Rising Stars” in mergers & acquisitions and two years earlier, M&A Advisor selected Daniel as one of the top 40 M&A professionals under the age of 40. He also has been recognized by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, The Legal 500 United States, The Legal 500 Latin America and Super Lawyers.
Chambers notes that he is “very business-oriented”, “added value to the transaction” and is “much admired by clients for his dedication, M&A expertise and ability to drive negotiations through to completion.”
Chambers also states that he is an “exceptional performer,” “easy to deal with,” has the “capacity to outsmart the counterparty with his ability to negotiate” and “has received great acclaim as one of the most promising younger partners in the market.”
The Legal 500 points out that Daniel is a “trusted advisor” who is “sharp – a fast thinker and very responsive and technical” and is noted for his “solving of problems,” “expertise and common sense” and “complete knowledge and understanding of the complexities of conducting an M&A project.”
Since joining Proskauer in the summer of 2010, Daniel has been particularly active in the Firm’s representation of clients in public company transactions, cross border matters and private equity investments.
Daniel was also part of the team that represented the Pac-12 Conference in the creation of Pac-12 Networks, an innovative arrangement providing unprecedented exposure for the conference’s athletic and academic programs.
In addition to his transactional work, Daniel routinely advises corporations, stockholders, directors and officers in connection with SEC reporting obligations and periodic reports (including proxy statements, registration statements, Form 8-Ks, and Schedule 13Ds), formation of entities, board governance, stockholders affairs, SEC no-action letters, “poison pen” letters, shareholder rights plans and other corporate law and securities matters.
Born in Colombia, Daniel is fluent in Spanish and has worked on transactions throughout Latin America with many of the leading law firms and investment banks in the region. Daniel is a member of the Law360 Mergers and Acquisitions Editorial Advisory Board.
Education :
- Columbia Law School, J.D., 1999
- Columbia University, Columbia College, B.A., 1996
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