Practice Areas
Corporate
Corporate Governance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Admissions
New York
Education
Columbia Law School - LL.M.
Oxford University - M.A.
Oxford University - B.A.
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Profile
Daniel Raglan is a partner in the Corporate Group at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP.
He focuses on advising clients in a transactional practice that covers mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate finance and shareholder activism.
He is also a leading lawyer in the Verticalized Software, Data, and Analytics sector, having represented:
- Superior Integrated Solutions, Inc./Darwin Automotive in its sale to J.D. Power.
- CarWave in its sale of a majority stake to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LLP.
- Gubagoo in its sale to The Reynolds and Reynolds Company.
- ELEAD1ONE in its approximately $650 million sale to CDK Global, Inc.
- CarOffer in its sale of a majority stake to CarGurus, Inc.
- Credit Bureau Connection in its majority recapitalization by The CapStreet Group, LLC.
- fusionZONE Automotive in its majority recapitalization by PRIMUS Capital.
- Dealer Product Services in its acquisition by CIP Capital and merger with OneCommand, Peak Performance and TimeHighway.com to form Affinitiv, Inc.
- Dealer Car Search in its sale to LeadVenture.
In addition, he has a niche sports and celebrity endorsement practice, having advised Inglot Cosmetics in their collaboration with Jennifer Lopez, and the family of Caroline Wozniacki in a number of projects.
He received a M.A. from Oxford University, a LL.M. in Law from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar, and a B.A. in Jurisprudence from Oxford University.
Experience
Daniel has advised clients on numerous significant matters, including the representation of:
- Portico Capital Advisors, a leading M&A advisory firm focused on the Verticalized Software, Data, and Analytics sector, in its sale to Cowen Inc. (NASDAQ: COWN).
- Superior Integrated Solutions, Inc./Darwin Automotive in its sale to J.D. Power.
- CarWave in its sale of a majority stake to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LLP.
- Gubagoo in its sale to The Reynolds and Reynolds Company.
- ELEAD1ONE in its approximately $650 million sale to CDK Global, Inc.
- CarOffer in its sale of a majority stake to CarGurus, Inc.
- Credit Bureau Connection in its majority recapitalization by The CapStreet Group, LLC.
- fusizonZONE Automotive in its majority recapitalization by PRIMUS Capital.
- Dealer Product Services in its acquisition by CIP Capital and merger with OneCommand, Peak Performance and TimeHighway.com to form Affinitiv, Inc.
- Dealer Car Search in its sale to LeadVenture.
- Light Street Capital on its opposition to the proposed $10.2 billion sale of Zendesk.
- Soroban Capital Partners in its successful effort to appoint Jim Vena as new Union Pacific CEO.
- Hudson Executive Capital in its proxy contest and related litigation with USA Technologies Inc. and its agreement to add eight new directors, including Hudson Executive founder Douglas Braunstein, to the company’s board.
- Shareholders led by Vann Avedisian in their 2020 successful effort to add two directors to the board of Potbelly Corporation.
- Vann Avedisian in his 2021 successful appointment to the board of Potbelly Corporation.
- Hudson Executive Capital in connection with its investments in Cardtronics plc and Tivity Health, Inc.
- Corvex Management in connection with its investment in MGM Resorts International and successful effort to appoint an independent director to the company’s board.
- D.E. Shaw & Co. in connection with its investment in Louisiana-Pacific Corporation.
- Elliott Management Corporation in its majority equity investment in small business loan provider Channel Partners Capital.
- Elliott Management Corporation in its controlling investment in a home improvement lender.
- Alcentra Capital Corporation in its response to an activist investor.
- Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. in its approximately $1.27 billion unsolicited proposal to acquire FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated.
- Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust in its term loan secured with Powerscourt Investments XXII, LP, an affiliate of certain funds managed by Waterfall Asset Management, LLC.
- Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust in its “modified Dutch auction” cash tender offer for its outstanding 8.75% Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock launched December 23, 2020.
- Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust in its term loan secured with Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as administrative agent and collateral agent.
- Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust in its offering of non-transferable subscription rights to purchase up to $30 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.00% senior subordinated convertible notes due 2031.
- Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust in its “modified Dutch auction” cash tender offer for its outstanding 8.75% Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock launched April 19, 2021.
- Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust in its Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation, whereby holders of its outstanding Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock would tender their shares (the “Series D Preferred”) for newly issued 6.00% Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2028 and common stock, and thereby deliver their consents to various amendments with respect to the terms of the outstanding Series D Preferred.
- Monocle Acquisition Corporation in its de-SPAC merger with AerSale Corp.
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