Daniel L. Pieringer
Senior Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Corporate
- Leveraged Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Real Estate
- Advises clients on a range of corporate real estate matters.
Dan counsels clients on a broad range of real estate matters, with experience negotiating and drafting purchase agreements, managing due diligence, and supporting both bankruptcy and finance teams on complex commercial transactions. Dan regularly advises on lease agreements across asset classes, including office, industrial, warehouse, retail, restaurant, data center and renewable energy.
Dan earned his J.D. cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law, where he was articles editor for the Journal of Law, Technology & Policy. He holds a B.S. in journalism and history from Northwestern University.
- Represented buyer in acquiring assemblage of land to be developed as data centers in Illinois and Pennsylvania.
- Represented a leading renewable energy company on real estate matters in connection with an acquisition of all stock in a leading operator and developer of renewable energy products in the United States.
- Represented a major European renewable energy company in project development and financing of three wind energy projects in Texas.
- Represented a real estate investment trust (REIT) client in the sale-leaseback of dozens of warehouse facilities across the country.
- Represented a communications equipment company on real estate due diligence in connection with a $2 billion acquisition of a communication technology company.
List includes matters worked on prior to joining Akin.
EducationJ.D., University of Illinois College of Law, cum laude, 2013
B.S., Northwestern University, 2006
J.D., University of Illinois College of Law, cum laude, 2013
B.S., Northwestern University, 2006
Bar AdmissionsIllinois
Illinois
