Dani Blain focuses her practices on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and other corporate matters. She represents private equity firms and their portfolio companies, as well as public and private companies, in a variety of complex business transactions.
Dani's mergers and acquisitions experience includes both buy- and sell-side transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, minority investments, carveouts and other strategic transactions. She has experience advising clients on both US and cross-border matters.
Dani has represented clients across a range of industries, including sports and entertainment, technology and software, energy and infrastructure, industrials, business services and consumer products.
Prior to joining DLA Piper, Dani was an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practices for a major AmLaw 10 international law firm in Texas:
Dani's representative experience prior to joining DLA Piper includes:
Arctos Partners in its minority investment in the Buffalo Bills, marking one of the first-ever private equity investments in an NFL franchise
Arctos Partners in its minority investment in the Los Angeles Chargers
Daseke Inc. in its US$1.1 billion sale to TFI International Inc.
Global Infrastructure Partners in its investment in Rio Grande LNG’s US$18.4 billion Phase I development and project financing
