Bio

Dan Clevenger helps technology, energy and cleantech, and life sciences companies at all stages of growth, as well as their boards, as they navigate the legal, regulatory, governance and business hurdles companies face in the current market. Over his 20+ year career, Dan has partnered with high-growth companies on a wide range of strategic transactions and matters, including public offerings of debt and equity securities, venture capital investments, and mergers and acquisitions. Dan has a particular interest in the energy and cleantech sector and frequently works with solar project developers on the sale of operating and development portfolios. In addition to his transactional work, Dan also has extensive experience advising public companies on compliance with United States federal securities laws, including public reporting, proxy solicitations and shareholder communications. Dan also advises private and public companies on governance related matters, including board composition and other good governance practices, drafting compliance policies and committee charters, ESG-related reporting, SEC filings and other disclosures. Dan’s clients benefit from his unique perspective of serving in-house prior to joining the firm in 2007. Dan was co-general counsel for a Virginia-based developer of systems, programs and training for a range of military and intelligence agencies. Dan is a co-editor of and frequent contributor to Foley Hoag’s IPO, Then What? Blog where he offers perspective and clarity around developments in the legal market for late stage and publicly traded companies.