Daniel Aronson, Miami, Florida, Corporate Governance

Miami
305-714-4377
daronson@bergersingerman.com

Daniel H. Aronson (Danny) chairs the Corporate, Securities and M&A practice at Berger Singerman LLP. Consistently recognized by The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, Who's Who Legal and Florida Trend’s Legal Elite as a preeminent corporate lawyer, Danny counsels clients in all aspects of their formation, growth, financing, governance and transactional activities, including in initial entity selection and ongoing structuring, strategic planning, talent acquisition, retention and compensation, contract negotiations, sophisticated financings, securities offerings and joint ventures, venture capital and private equity transactions, and domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. He is a trusted advisor to clients of all shapes and sizes, including entrepreneurs, family and closely held businesses, mid-cap and Fortune 100 public companies, substantial family offices, private companies and private investment funds, and their boards, management and significant owners. He also advises private equity, venture capital, private investment and real estate opportunity funds in fund formation, acquisition, investment, governance, dispute resolution and "exit" activities.

Danny serves clients across a broad range of sectors and industries, including automobile dealerships, business services, consumer products, energy, environmental, financial services, gaming, healthcare, insurance, life sciences, logistics, marine products, media and entertainment, medical devices, security systems, software and information technology and telecommunications.

A long-standing Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Danny has written and published extensively on corporate, corporate governance, finance, capital markets, contract negotiation, securities regulation and transactional topics, and has authored two books providing insights and practical guidance regarding access to venture and private equity capital. He’s also a frequent speaker, lecturer and panelist at business and practicing attorney institutes and symposia as well as leading university law and business schools. Danny is AV “Preeminent” Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Danny is a member of the Executive Committee and Strategic Planning Committee of the Florida Venture Forum, where he has served as Board Chair and Chair or Co-Chair of the Forum’s annual Venture Capital Conference for several terms in previous years. He also serves on the Executive Advisory Board of the University of Florida’s (Warrington College of Business) Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center and is a faculty member and speaker at the annual Federal Securities Institute in Miami, Florida. In addition, Danny is an active participant in the committees and activities of the American Bar Association Business Law Section and the Florida Bar Business Law Section, as they relate to his principal practice areas, including participating in analyzing, drafting and commenting on Florida’s corporate, limited liability company and M&A related statutes.

Danny received his J.D. degree from New York University School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Annual Survey of American Law, and his B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude.

Overview

Representative Matters

Danny has advised and assisted clients, in a variety of markets and business cycles, in structuring, negotiating and successfully closing hundreds of millions of dollars of equity and debt financing transactions and billions of dollars in merger, acquisition and sale transactions. Representative clients and services, grouped by industry sector, include:

Danny has also counseled private equity, LBO, venture capital, private investment and secured debt/real estate opportunity funds in fund formation, strategic positioning, investment, acquisition, governance, dispute resolution and "exit" activities. Significant fund clients (including representing portfolio companies, investments and affiliates) have included: Apax Partners, Apollo Global Management, Citicorp Venture Capital, Draper Atlantic (New Atlantic Ventures), H.I.G. Capital, GTCR, HPH Capital Management, H&P Capital Management, Merrill Lynch Capital Management, Noro-Moseley Partners, Snapper Creek Equity Management, Southeast Ventures, Stonehenge Growth Equity, Summit Partners, Tres Mares Group, Trivest Partners, Warburg Pincus Ventures, Vestar Capital Partners and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe.