Overview
Dan is an English law qualified lawyer who has been based in the firm’s Warsaw office since 2006. He advises international corporates, private equity sponsors and strategic investors on M&A (private and public) deals, inbound and outbound investments in emerging Europe, particularly in Turkey, Ukraine, the CEE and Poland.
Dan leads the firm’s Warsaw Corporate/M&A practice and co-heads the firm's Turkey desk and is a member of the firm’s CEE and CIS teams.
Before moving to Warsaw, Dan spent five years in the firm’s Moscow office advising on a wide range of cross-border corporate transactions. Early on in his career, Dan worked for the European Commission and for a UK non-governmental organisation on conflict resolution projects in Georgia.
Work highlights
Dan has led on many of the CEE region’s major transactions and has also worked with our disputes team on a number of arbitrations in the region. His transaction experience includes advising:
- Qatar Investment Authority QIA on their acquisition of a 30% interest in the Istinye Park luxury shopping mall in Istanbul from the Doğuş Group and the resulting joint venture arrangements with co-owners Doğuş Group
- Interxion, a Digital Realty company, on its acquisition of Greece's largest data center company, Lamda Hellix
- Raiffeisenbank A.S., a Czech subsidiary of Raiffeisen Bank International on its acquisition of a 100% stake in the Czech retail bank, Equa Bank, from AnaCap Financial Partners
- Exim Bank of Romania on its purchase of the National Bank of Greece’s 99.28% equity holding in Banca Romaneasca
- DCH on the acquisition of the DMZ steel mill from Evraz plc
- Qatari-based beIN Media Group on the acquisition of Turkish pay-TV provider Digitürk
Professional experience
Founder member of TWDW – Warsaw’s largest amateur rowing club.
Education and qualifications
Dan studied English and French law at University College, London and Université Aix-Marseille
He speaks English, French, Russian and Polish.
