Daniel S. Alterbaum

Daniel Alterbaum is a partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups, where he represents buyers, sellers, and investors in a wide variety of transactions in the private equity, fintech, renewable energy, and infrastructure sectors. His experience includes leveraged buyouts, negotiated sales of private companies, carve-out sales and spinoffs of subsidiaries, and cross-border asset sales. He also represents issuers and investment funds in connection with venture capital, growth equity, and structured preferred equity investments.

Dan has been recognized as a Rising Star by New York Metro Super Lawyers in the area of mergers and acquisitions from 2015 to present, as well as by The Deal. He has also been recognized in Lawdragon’s 2024 500 X – The Next Generation.

His recent experience in the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors include advising:

• Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. on the $2.5 billion sale of its renewable energy business (excluding hydro) to LS Power
• Pine Gate Renewables, LLC in connection with its preferred equity investment from and related formation of a joint venture with Generate Capital and its subsequent preferred equity investment from Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan, as well as its acquisitions of Horne Brothers Construction Inc. and ACT Power Services
• energyRe, LLC in connection with its $1.2 billion capital raise Glentra Capital and Elia Group
• Macquarie Infrastructure Partners III in connection with its sale of Ceres Terminals Holdings LLC to Carrix and its subsequent sale of Dames Point Jacksonville LLC to the Jacksonville Port Authority
• Ferrovial Aeropuertos in connection with its purchase of The Carlyle Group Infrastructure Fund’s stake in New Terminal One, the consortium appointed to design, build and operate the new Terminal One at JFK International Airport
• SB Energy, SoftBank Group Corp.’s U.S.-based solar and storage platform, in connection with its financing and construction of utility scale projects, its negotiation of a senior revolving credit facility and its acquisition of five U.S. solar power plans with a combined capacity of more than 1.7 GW from Intersect Power, LLC

In addition, his recent experiences in the private equity and fintech sectors include advising:

• Hazel, the independent fintech launched in partnership with Walmart and investment firm Ribbit Capital, on its acquisition of fintech platforms Even and ONE
• J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners and the JPM Sustainable Growth Equity Fund in connection with their respective investments in Airtable, AlphaSense, Arcadia Power, Codat, Eye Security, Laika, Loop Technologies, MineSense Technologies and Plaid, among others
• Dorilton Capital in connection with the sale of its portfolio company MEI Rigging & Crating to Olympus Partners, among others
• RedBird Capital Partners in connection with its investments in Hidden Pigeon Holdings, LLC and Media Res Studio, LLC, among others
• BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group in connection with its recapitalization of Caddo Sustainable Timberlands, LP with British Columbia Investment Management Corporation
• BTG Pactual Strategic Capital in connection with its financing of the management buyout of Fortress Investment Group and its strategic investment in PSN Group, LLC, among others
• IRIS CRM in connection with its sale to NMI

Dan graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics with concentrations in Finance, Marketing, and Management from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, after which he served as a Business Analyst in the Boston office of McKinsey & Company. He then received his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Journal on Regulation and as Features Editor of the Yale Law Journal. He also received his Master of Business Administration from the Yale School of Management, where he was a Dean’s Scholar. From 2012 to 2013, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Christopher F. Droney of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Capabilities

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Cleantech
• ESG: Risk, Litigation, and Reporting
• Emerging Companies / Venture Capital
• Energy and Infrastructure
• Infrastructure
• Investment Funds
• Power and Renewables
• Private Equity
• Projects
• Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance

Credentials

Education:

• Yale University - 2012 MBA
• Yale University - 2012 Juris Doctor
• University of Pennsylvania - 2007 Bachelor of Science

Admissions:

• Connecticut Bar
• New York Bar

Clerkships:

• US Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, Hon. Christopher F. Droney, 2012 - 2013