Daniel Cowan
Partner
Dan Cowan focuses his practice primarily on representing private equity sponsors and strategic investors in public and private mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and other general corporate matters.
Experience
- Represented TSG Consumer Partners and Oak Hill Capital in a significant minority investment in Wrench Group, a provider of residential HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services.
- Represented TSG Consumer Partners and portfolio company Super Star Car Wash in its acquisition of Wave Wash, an express conveyor car wash operator.
- Represented Gauge Capital in its acquisition of 7 Mindsets Academy, a provider of social-emotional learning curriculum and professional development to K-12 schools.
- Represented The Vistria Group in its acquisition of BioCare, a specialty pharmaceutical distribution partner that provides distribution, specialty pharmacy and logistics services.
- Represented GI Partners in its investment in Rectangle Health, a provider of healthcare financial technology and patient engagement solutions, in conjunction with existing investor TA Associates.
- Represented Bain Capital in its $18 billion acquisition of Toshiba Memory Corporation from Toshiba Corporation, by way of a Bain Capital-led consortium including Apple, Seagate Technology, Kingston Technology, Hoya, Dell Technologies and SK hynix.
- Represented TSG Consumer Partners in its investments in a number of food and beverage, health and beauty, and other consumer products companies, including Joe Hudson’s Collision Center, Hempz, Power Stop, Revolve, nuun, Zoeva, Pabst Blue Ribbon and Charming Charlie.
- Represented Preferred Freezer Services, a global network of state-of-the-art, temperature-controlled warehouses, in its acquisition by Lineage Logistics.
- Represented AVALT, a family office that makes direct private equity investments, in the purchase of Ned Stevens, a leading provider of residential gutter cleaning and essential exterior home services.
- Represented Natixis Global Asset Management in connection with multiple acquisitions and dispositions of affiliated asset management companies.
- Represented Berkshire Partners in its $2 billion transaction to acquire and combine Lightower Fiber Networks and Sidera Networks.
- Represented Gridiron Capital in its acquisition of Performance Health & Wellness, a producer of rehabilitation and wellness products, and Performance Health & Wellness in an add-on acquisition of a manufacturer of athletic training and sports medicine products.
- Represented Altamont Capital in its acquisition of Mervin Manufacturing, a snowboard manufacturing company.
- Regularly represents pro bono clients through partnerships with the Massachusetts Legal Clinic for the Homeless and Volunteer Lawyers Project.
- Negotiated hundreds of confidentiality agreements on behalf of clients reviewing potential transactions.
Publications
- Daniel Cowan, “New York’s Unconstitutional Tax on the Internet: Amazon.com v. New York State Department of Taxation & Finance and the Dormant Commerce Clause,” 88 North Carolina Law Review 1423 (2010)
Education
- JD, with High Honors, University of North Carolina School of Law, 2011; North Carolina Law Review, Comments Editor; Order of the Coif
- BS (Business Administration), with Highest Distinction, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008
Admissions / Qualifications
Qualifications
- Massachusetts, 2011
- North Carolina, 2016
Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America – Ones to Watch (2021-2023)