Daniel Fine is a member of the corporate department. He specializes in advising public and private companies, financial institutions, and growth equity and venture capital firms in a broad range of capital markets transactions and in securities law matters. Daniel also has significant experience advising executives and boards of directors on corporate governance, fiduciary duty, contractual, and litigation risk matters. Daniel uniquely also has over five years of experience as a litigator handling corporate matters. Daniel has experience in securities, corporate, shareholder, and complex commercial cases and in advising clients in white collar and regulatory investigations.
Daniel joined the litigation department of Ropes & Gray as an associate in 2016. Prior to joining the firm, Daniel clerked for the Honorable Indira Talwani of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and worked as a litigation associate at a large New York based international law firm. During law school, Daniel clerked in the Civil Division of the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts, and interned in the Appellate Unit of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
Experience
Corporate Matters and Risk Analysis
- Assisted public company clients in SEC reporting and stock exchange rules and regulations and related corporate governance matters.
- Advised clients in the initial public offering and follow-on and secondary offering process.
- Advised public company and private clients in whole business securitizations.
- Represented issuers, underwriters and target companies in connection with special purpose acquisition company initial public offerings and business combinations.
- Advised clients on corporate governance matters in restructurings and merger transactions.
- Advised clients in the pharmaceutical, consumer goods, and financial services industries on litigation risk and related issues in contracts, license agreements, merger and other acquisition and restructuring agreements.
- Advised private equity clients in matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic instability, including in pre-litigation and litigation matters.
Government Investigations and Litigation
- Represented large public company in responses to various SEC subpoenas related to potential insider trading.
- Represented private equity client in SEC examination action, including in responses to deficiency letters.
- Represent various clients in responding to inquiries from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
- Represented large technology company in responding to subpoenas and civil investigative demands from various government entities in antitrust inquiry.
General Commercial Litigation
- Represented large medical device company in defending against false claims act claims.
- Represented large consumer goods company in defending against securities class action claims brought by shareholders.
- Represented defendant in connection with putative class action alleging violations of the Sherman Act, state wage and hour laws, and state consumer protection laws.
- Represented identity theft protection company in defending against contractual and tort claims by bank customer.
- Represented pharmaceutical company in false advertising litigation in front of the International Trade Commission.
Pro Bono
- Huot v. City of Lowell – Representing coalition of Asian-American and Hispanic/Latino residents in the City of Lowell in voting rights challenge to the Lowell’s municipal election system. Obtained settlement and consent decree from the City of Lowell containing agreement to change election system.
- Weaver v. Massachusetts – Counsel for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in amicus brief to the US Supreme Court addressing right to effective assistance of counsel and public trial
- Pavan v. Smith – Counsel to plaintiffs in certiorari petition the US Supreme Court addressing attorney’s fees in the context of prior victory in obtaining equal treatment for LGBTQ parents in the issuance of children’s birth certificates.