Dan J. Harrist

Counsel

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Dan J. Harrist

Counsel

dharrist@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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  • Advises clients on corporate and transactional matters, including mergers & acquisitions, public securities offerings and joint ventures.

Dan brings extensive experience in complex corporate and transactional matters. He represents a variety of public and private companies in:

  • Mergers & acquisitions (M&A), including special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) business combinations
  • Joint ventures (JVs)
  • Initial public offerings (IPOs) and follow-on equity offerings
  • Debt offerings
  • Corporate governance, periodic reporting and other matters relating to public company status

Dan represents clients in complex transactions and other corporate matters, including advice related to merger, purchase and partnership agreements. He also advises clients on filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including reporting requirements, proxy statements and registration statements.

Prior to joining Akin, Dan was an associate at another leading global law firm in Houston, where he was actively involved in mentoring and recruiting efforts, and served on the global mentoring committee.

Dan earned his J.D. cum laude from Duke University School of Law, where he was a staff editor for the Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law and a recipient of the Michael J. Gallagher Scholarship. He received his B.A. in psychology from Wheaton College.

Representative Work

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Represented Teleperformance SE in its acquisition of ZP Better Together, a leading provider of video relay services (VRS) to the deaf and hard of hearing communities
  • Represented Fold, Inc. in its business combination with FTAC Emerald Acquisition Corp. to become Fold Holdings, Inc.
  • Represented GoGreen Investments Corporation in its business combination with Lifezone Metals Limited, a developer of clean battery metals.
  • Represented East Resources Acquisition Company in its business combination with Abacus Settlements and Longevity Market Assets.
  • Represented Sendero Midstream Partners in its $600 million sale to Crestwood Equity Partners.
  • Represented Energy Transfer in its $7.2 billion acquisition of Enable Midstream Partners.
  • Represented Matterport Inc. in its $2.2 billion deSPAC merger with Gores Holdings VI Inc.
  • Represented Postmates in its $2.65 billion sale to Uber.
  • Represented Energy Capital Partners in its sale of Summit Midstream Partners LLC to Summit Midstream Partners LP.
  • Represented Energy Transfer in its acquisition of SemGroup for $5.1 billion.
  • Represented Archrock in its $410 million acquisition of Elite Compression Services.
  • Represented UGI in its $5.375 billion acquisition of the remaining 74% stake in Amerigas, a retail propane distributor.
  • Represented Energy Transfer Equity in its $62 billion acquisition of Energy Transfer Partners.
  • Represented Kayne Anderson Acquisition Corp. in its joint venture with Apache Corporation to form a $3.5 billion pure-play Permian Basin midstream company.
  • Represented Layne Christensen Co. in its $565 million sale to Granite Construction, Inc.
  • Represented Archrock Inc. in its $607 million acquisition of its master limited partnership, Archrock Partners LP.
  • Represented Energy Transfer in the sale of its compression business to USA Compression Partners.
  • Represented Riverstone Holdings LLC in Silver Run Acquisition Corporation’s $1.5 billion acquisition of Centennial Resource Development.

Capital Markets

  • Represented Energy Transfer in numerous registered offerings of common equity, preferred equity and senior notes.
  • Represented East Resources Acquisition Company, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $300 million initial public offering.
  • Represented Warrior Technologies Acquisition Company, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $276 million initial public offering.
  • Represented Centennial Resource Development in numerous debt and equity offerings Bruin E&P Partners LLC in its $600 million unregistered notes offering Smart Sand Inc. in its $128.7 million initial public offering.

List may include matters worked on prior to joining Akin.

Education
  • J.D., Duke University School of Law, cum laude, 2015

  • B.A., Wheaton College, 2012

Bar Admissions
  • Texas

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