Daniel is a Member in the Corporate & Securities Section in the New York office and Co-chair of the Venture Capital & Emerging Companies Practice Group. He is also a Member of the Sports & Entertainment Practice Group. Daniel brings a unique blend of talent and expertise to our venture capital and emerging companies practice. In addition to his active legal practice, he is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the NYU Law School and he has a wealth of experience as an active venture capital investor, having co-founded Dawntreader Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm based in New York. Daniel is also the Co-Editor of Venture Capital: Forms and Analysis, a leading treatise on venture capital published by the Law Journal Press. In addition to venture capital, his practice focuses on private equity funds, representing venture-backed companies, corporate governance, and general corporate law.
Before joining Mintz Levin, Daniel was Head of Venture Capital Funds and a Managing Director of SoundView Technology Group, Inc. (formerly Wit Capital), a technology-focused investment bank. Prior to joining SoundView, he was Head of the Corporate Group and the New Media and E-Law Group at one of the leading New York firms representing early stage and technology companies.
Daniel has more than 30 years of corporate transactional experience, both as a lawyer and as a businessman, and has been an advisor to many emerging and developmental stage companies. He is a board member of several technology companies and a Managing Director of Dawntreader Ventures. Daniel is admitted to practice in New York, California, and New Jersey. He received his B.A., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania (1979) and his J.D from the University of Pennsylvania (1982).
Publications
· Venture Capital: Forms and Analysis, Law Journal Press (www. lawcatalog.com) 2007.
Recent Speaking Engagements
· Panelist, "The JOBS Act: Tossing Out 80 Year Old Securities Rules and Modernizing Capital Formation," The Soho Loft Capital Creation Event Series, May 10, 2012.
· Panelist, "Incorporating the Legislative Changes and Developing a New Asset Class," The Soho Loft Capital Creation Event Series, April 18, 2012.
· Speaker, "A Smoother Road to Growth: How to Avoid the Top Ten Most Common Employment Mistakes Made by Start-ups," Springboard Enterprises, April 4, 2012.
· Panelist, "Secondary Market Takes Off: What you Need to Know to get On Board," The Association for Corporate Growth, February 9, 2012.
Industries
Energy & Clean Technology
Venture Capital and Emerging Companies