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Akin Offices
ONE BRYANT PARK
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEW YORK
United States
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Daniel I. Fisher
Work Department
Partner; Corporate & Finance
Position
Dan Fisher, the leader of Akin’s integrated special situations group, practices at the nexus of M&A, restructuring, securities and finance. Dan has nearly two decades of experience representing large-cap private equity, hedge and credit funds and has market-leading experience in the unique issues raised by distressed and special situations. Dan is one of the nation’s leading experts with respect to the governance, liability management, securities compliance, tax and other issues specific to a post-restructured company. Dan also has significant experience advising companies, boards of directors and special committees on crisis management, including in connection with regulatory and public scrutiny and executive transitions.
To learn more about Dan, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/daniel-i-fisher.html
Career
Dan routinely advises companies, boards, creditor groups and investment funds on distressed M&A transactions, special situations transactions, including distressed and bespoke financings, exchange offers and consent solicitations, in- and out-of-court restructurings, public and private M&A and corporate governance matters. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Potomac School.
Memberships
District of Columbia Bar Association, New York Bar Association
Education
J.D., Vanderbilt University School of Law, 2002; B.A., Columbia University, 1999
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism