Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Sport, technology, media and telecommunications; corporate.

Daniel represents a broad spectrum of UK and international companies and is experienced in a wide range of corporate issues, including M&A, joint ventures, strategic alliances and corporate finance transactions. He has a particular focus on inward investment, especially from the US and Canada. Daniel is recognised as a leading cross-border M&A lawyer in the independently researched 'International Who’s Who of M&A Lawyers' 2014. Experience: advised SISU Capital Limited and related entities on various matters relating to Coventry City Football Club and on the disposal of Prozone Group Limited; advised Tide Water Oil Co (India) Ltd, a leading lubricant manufacturer in India, on the acquisition of Veedol International Limited from Castrol Limited and Lubricants UK Limited, wholly-owned subsidiaries of BP Plc; advised Izurium Capital on its equity investment in Smartfocus Holdings Limited, global leader in intelligent, personalised, omni-channel marketing; advised Applied Systems, Inc, then a portfolio company of Bain Capital Partners LLC, on the acquisition of Insurecom Limited, a leading software and connectivity solutions company serving the UK insurance industry; acted as local counsel to Bain Capital Partners LLC on the UK issues relating to its $1.8bn disposal of Applied Systems Inc to Hellman & Friedman LLC.

Iimmediate past chair of the ABA International M&A Subcommittee and of the North American Taskforce of London & Partners, the UK Government's inward investment agency for London.