
Dan J. Harrist
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Capital Markets
- Corporate & Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Energy Transition
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Midstream Oil & Gas
- Oil & Gas
- Private Equity Transactions
- Renewable Energy
- Upstream Oil & Gas
- 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.
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.
EducationJ.D., Duke University School of Law, cum laude, 2015
B.A., Wheaton College, 2012
J.D., Duke University School of Law, cum laude, 2015
B.A., Wheaton College, 2012
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