Bio

Daniel Michaels represents private equity funds and public and private companies in complex domestic and cross-border business transactions. Dan focuses his practice on the representation of private equity funds and publicly and privately held companies in M&A, leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations, carve-out transactions, joint ventures, and debt and equity financings. Dan has worked on a variety of mergers and acquisitions transactions representing acquirors, targets, and special committees in domestic and cross-border transactions in a wide array of industries, including health care, energy and natural resources, business services, software, technology, government contracting, manufacturing, construction, transportation, and consumer products. He also frequently advises clients on private financings and other capital raising transactions, securities and corporate governance matters, equity incentive arrangements, and other general corporate matters. Prior to joining Jones Day in 2016, Dan represented The Carlyle Group in numerous matters, including in its $3.2 billion acquisition of the industrial packaging group segment of Illinois Tool Works; Arlington Capital Partners in numerous matters, including its acquisition and subsequent sale to Blackstone of MB Aerospace; and SunEdison in connection with its $2.2 billion acquisition of Vivint Solar. He also has represented MidOcean Partners, Murray Energy, Tutor Perini Corporation, and Sagent Pharmaceuticals, among many others.