C. Daniel Haaren focuses his practice on capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, other equity financings and investment grade, high‑yield and convertible bond offerings. He regularly advises clients on governance, public disclosure and general corporate matters.
Haaren’s clients have included ADT, Albemarle, Ashland, Bank of America, Barclays, BDT Capital Partners, Booking Holdings, Brunswick, Cable One, Cincinnati Bell, Cinemark, Citigroup, Conduent, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Telekom, FactSet Research Systems, Gannett, Goldman Sachs, Illumina, J.P. Morgan, John Wood Group, Martin Marietta, MediaAlpha, Morgan Stanley, Olin, PG&E, Pinnacle Foods, Radius Global Infrastructure, Robinhood, Shaolin Capital Management, Swvl, Technicolor, US Foods, ViewRay, Wells Fargo and White Mountains Insurance Group.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | Capital Markets, Finance |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2025 | Capital Markets, Finance |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Corporate, Capital Markets |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2024 | Corporate, Capital Markets |
| Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2023 | Corporate, Capital Markets |
Haaren’s notable financing transactions include:
- IPOs for Core & Main, Groupe Dynamite, MediaAlpha and Valvoline, and other equity offerings for ADT, Albemarle, Algonquin Power & Utilities, AmerisourceBergen, Core & Main, First Horizon Bank, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, LPL Financial, MediaAlpha, PG&E and ViewRay
- Investment grade debt offerings for Aptiv, Ascot Group, Ashland, Booking Holdings, Brunswick, CNA, ConocoPhillips, Enstar, Entegris, Expedia, FactSet Research Systems, Fidelis Insurance Group, FirstEnergy Transmission, First Horizon Bank, Gannett, Illumina, Jersey Central Power & Light, JPMorgan Chase, KLA, Liberty Utilities, LPL Financial, Markel, Northrop Grumman, nVent Electric, PartnerRe, Pennsylvania Electric Company, Pentair, Seaspan, Sherwin‑Williams and Sonoco
- Convertible debt offerings for Allegheny Technologies, Booking Holdings, Cable One, Cinemark, Eventbrite, FirstEnergy, Galaxy Digital, Gannett, Magnite, Oddity, Peloton, Uniti and Xerox
- High‑yield debt offerings for Ashland, Entegris, First Student and First Transit (in connection with their acquisition by EQT), FirstEnergy, Gannett, Gulfport Energy, Olin, Seaspan and Tesoro
- Bristol Myers Squibb’s investments in biotechnology companies including Asher Bio, COUR Pharmaceuticals and Q32 Bio
- Representing Shaolin Capital Management in its $50 million PIPE investment in connection with the business combination of Bitcoin Depot and GSR II Meteora Acquisition Corp.
- Representing Swvl in its $1.5 billion SPAC combination with Queen’s Gambit, including a $111.5 million PIPE investment and a $471.7 million equity financing facility
- Representing Robinhood in its $3.4 billion capital raise and its $605.7 million purchase from the United States Marshals Service of shares previously owned by Emergent Fidelity Technologies, a firm co‑founded by FTX founder Sam Bankman‑Fried
- Representing PG&E in its $9 billion equity exit financing, including its tri‑tranche offering, which represents the largest utility public equity offering in history, and corporate governance and securities law compliance matters related to PG&E’s reorganization proceedings under chapter 11
- SPAC IPOs for Climate Transition Capital Acquisition 1, GoGreen Investments and Nabors Energy Transition Corp.