Biography
DAN PHILION advises clients on complex finance transactions. He has extensive experience structuring and negotiating domestic and cross-border financings, including secured and unsecured financings, cash flow and asset-based facilities, fund financings (including NAV, manco, GP, subscription, and hybrid facilities, and similar instruments), acquisition financings, restructurings, and other capital and financing solutions.
Dan is highly sought after by asset manager, private fund, private equity sponsor, and public and private company clients to handle their financing arrangements. He represents clients across a broad range of industries, and has significant experience in transactions involving technology, intellectual property, insurance, life sciences, sports, retail, media and entertainment, healthcare, and other regulated or esoteric asset classes. He advises on transactions of all sizes, from bilateral and club deals to broadly syndicated financings.
Clients value Dan for combining premier finance experience with practical business judgment, which he developed through his prior in-house role as the general counsel for a global technology company. In that role, he oversaw the company’s worldwide legal function and advised the senior management team and other stakeholders on the gamut of legal, strategic, compliance, and commercial matters. His experience in this role gives him a unique perspective on the challenges dynamic companies and their sponsors face when executing strategic transactions, scaling operations, and managing growth.
Dan is highly sought after by asset manager, private fund, private equity sponsor, and public and private company clients to handle their financing arrangements. He represents clients across a broad range of industries, and has significant experience in transactions involving technology, intellectual property, insurance, life sciences, sports, retail, media and entertainment, healthcare, and other regulated or esoteric asset classes. He advises on transactions of all sizes, from bilateral and club deals to broadly syndicated financings.
Clients value Dan for combining premier finance experience with practical business judgment, which he developed through his prior in-house role as the general counsel for a global technology company. In that role, he oversaw the company’s worldwide legal function and advised the senior management team and other stakeholders on the gamut of legal, strategic, compliance, and commercial matters. His experience in this role gives him a unique perspective on the challenges dynamic companies and their sponsors face when executing strategic transactions, scaling operations, and managing growth.
Experience
Representative Matters
- Fundamental Partners on numerous financing matters including as DIP lender and in connection with its approximately US$635 million Section 363 purchase of certain assets of Pine Gate.
- Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. on financing matters.
- A leading private credit fund in connection with its loan to an agricultural lending business.
- A leading global telecom company on numerous financings.
- A private credit fund on its purchase of secured convertible notes issued by a public company.
- A leading alternative asset manager on its investment in a vehicle co-owned by an unfunded sponsor in connection with an investment in a mining business.
- A leading global investment firm on its subscription facilities and in connection with numerous loan investments.
- Cantor Fitzgerald on numerous financing matters.
- A leading investment advisory firm on numerous fund financing matters.
- Relm Insurance on numerous matters.
- Nowsta, Inc. on numerous matters.
- Kaseya on numerous matters.
- Hudson Bay Company in connection with the cross-border acquisition financings of Saks Incorporated and Galeria Kaufhof.
- The Men's Wearhouse in connection with its financing for the acquisition of Jos. A. Banks.
- Platinum Equity in connection with numerous acquisition financings, including in connection with Sensis LTD and Artesyn Technologies.
- Friedman Fleischer & Lowe on numerous acquisition financings.
- Warburg Pincus on numerous financing matters.
- Aquiline Capital Partners and Genstar Capital in the financing for the acquisition of AssetMark and Altegris from Genworth Financial.
- Insight Partners on numerous acquisition financings.
- Dubin Clark on numerous acquisition financings.
- Seaport Capital on numerous acquisition financings.
- Schenck Process on its €470 million senior and mezzanine amend-to-extend transaction.
- The Prudential Insurance Company of America on numerous financing matters.
- MetLife on numerous financing matters.
- Numerous high profile artists on the monetization of their copyright catalogues.
Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.
Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- Connecticut
- New York
Education
- Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2008, managing editor, Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law
- Binghamton University, B.A., 2002