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Dan is a partner in the Energy & Natural Resources Group based in Reed Smith’s London office. Daniel has extensive experience advising on a broad range of structured finance transactions across a wide variety of asset classes, with particular experience in structured commodity and strategic equity transactions.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Advised a Swedish manufacturer of specialty naphthenic oils and bitumen in relation to an inventory monetisation transaction.
Advised an international investment bank on a supply chain intermediation and financing of agricultural commodities.
Advised commodities trading companies on commodities intermediation arrangements in Denmark, Germany, Poland and Spain.
Commodity Finance
Advised a Swedish manufacturer of specialty naphthenic oils and bitumen in relation to an inventory monetisation transaction.
Advised an international investment bank on a supply chain intermediation and financing of agricultural commodities.
Advised commodities trading companies on commodities intermediation arrangements in Denmark, Germany, Poland and Spain.
Advised a European refinery on a complex inventory monetisation and processing transaction
Advised an American commodities trading company on a series of European financing transactions
Advised an international investment bank on an inventory monetisation in the context of the sale of a refinery
Advised an investment bank as bidder in relation to the auction of a portfolio of commodity derivatives
Advised an international bank on a natural gas storage capacity financing
Strategic Equity
Advised an international bank on a multi-billion-pound stake build in a publicly listed company through a combination of equity derivatives
Advising a US investment bank on a margin loan over a managed portfolio of listed shares.
Advised an international investment bank on a "take private" margin loan transaction with a complex security package involving BVI, UAE and English law security arrangements
Advised an international investment bank on a margin loan transaction with security over a basket of equity securities
Advised a European investment bank on a repo of various equities listed on the Moscow Stock Exchange
Advised a financial institution on the entry into of a funded collar transaction referencing Shares listed on the integrated Madrid, Bilbao, Barcelona and Valencia Stock Exchanges with Luxembourg law governed security arrangements
Advised the Lenders on a syndicated non-recourse margin loan referencing Shares listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange with Luxembourg law governed security arrangements
Advised a number of financial institutions on the restructuring of a funded collar transaction referencing Shares listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with English law governed security arrangements
Advising a financial institution on the entry into of an unfunded collar transactions referencing Shares listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Recognitions
Listed as a Leading Partner in The Legal 500 UK for Finance: Trade Finance, 2025-2027
Credentials
Education
Education
- University of Pennsylvania, 2007, J.D.
- Cornell University, 1998, BSc, Chemical Engineering
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- New York
- *Not licensed in Texas
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