Daniel Ganitsky > Proskauer Rose LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Proskauer Rose LLP
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036-8299
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Work Department

CORPORATE

Position

Daniel Ganitsky is co-head of Proskauer’s global Private Equity and M&A Group and a member of Proskauer’s Latin America Practice Group. 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. Since joining Proskauer less than a decade ago, he has worked on over 125 publicly announced transactions with an aggregate value of more than $175 billion.

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.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)

The trio of Lauren Boglivi, Michael Ellis, and Daniel Ganitsky co-head the Proskauer Rose LLP practice from New York and offer in-depth experience handling cross-border M&A, shareholder activism, and corporate governance matters. Boglivi is especially noted for handling transactions in the healthcare and media sectors, whilst Ganitsky and Ellis are experts on complex restructurings and commercial arrangements as well as private equity transactions. Joshua Apfelroth routinely handles public and private M&A as well as alternative investments, Grant Darwin advises on joint ventures and divestitures, and Lauren Kim focuses on buyouts. The firm is particularly noted for its connections with clients in the real estate, consumer goods, and life sciences sectors.

United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)

Proskauer Rose LLP‘s team benefits from firmwide strengths in fund formation, growth investment, and venture capital matters, allowing the practice to handle a wide variety of private equity-linked transactions. Key areas of focus for the team include fund mergers and de-mergers, such as abrdn’s recent sale of its US private equity and venture capital business to HighVista Strategies, sponsor-backed joint ventures and strategic partnerships in growth areas such as the sports and media sectors, and high-profile exits across a diverse range of industries. Practice heads Daniel Ganitsky, Lauren Boglivi, and Michael Ellis jointly lead the team from New York, with Ganitsky and Ellis handling a wide variety of public and private M&A, restructuring, and corporate governance matters, while Boglivi focuses on private equity-backed transactions in the sports and entertainment sectors. In Los Angeles, leveraged buyout experts Kristian Herrmann  and Christopher Ahn are highly recommended, while structured private capital expert Steven Peck is a key contact in the Boston office.

Latin America: International firms > Corporate and M&A

Proskauer Rose LLP’s Latin America-focused corporate and M&A team is primarily located in New York, but draws further support from its sizeable São Paulo office. The team has a history of headline cross-border M&A and private equity transactions in the region, notably in the financial services, energy and natural resources, life sciences, manufacturing and mining sectors. It has close connections to major multinationals, financial sponsors, multi-latinas and family groups in the region. New York partner Carlos Martinez leads the Latin America group and has an extensive history in M&A and corporate transactions, building close connections to a number of major clients in the region. New York’s Daniel Ganitsky is global co-head of the M&A practice, and also has a fine record in cross-border M&A and private equity transactions in Latin America. São Paulo and New York-based Fábio Yamada provides further advisory, transactional and finance experience – particularly in relation to institutional investors, private equity and other alternative asset fund managers. While not solely focused on Latin America, associate Lauren Kim impresses.