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Daniela Badiola Spanos is a Partner in Wiggin and Danaโs Corporate Department and Private Equity Practice Group.
Daniela has extensive experience representing private equity funds and their portfolio companies in a range of transactions. Clients rely on Danielaโs practical and strategic advice, and also value her creative and solution-oriented approach to issues that arise in investments and other transactions. Her transactional experience includes mergers and acquisitions, platform growth acquisitions, company sales, growth equity and venture capital financing, distressed sales, leveraged buy-outs, 363 transactions, strategic transactions, and executive employment and incentive equity arrangements, along with other general governance matters. Daniela is experienced in the nuances of the healthcare and technology industries and her extensive industry expertise extends to food products, manufacturing, automobiles, and retail, both within and outside of the United States.
Prior to joining Wiggin and Dana, Daniela practiced at a global Wall Street law firm and a Boston-based law firm, with a focus on Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions.
Daniela holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A. in Economics and Spanish from Vanderbilt University.
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- New York University School of Law (J.D.)
- Vanderbilt University (B.A.)
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- Represented a bank holding company, first, in its capacity as agent of a consortium of lenders serving as the stalking horse bidder in the sale of substantially all of the assets of an aerospace company and its subsidiaries, and second, in its capacity as both the backup bidder and agent of the DIP and senior priority lenders through the closing of the sale of the assets to a third party. The sale was effectuated through a Chapter 11 363 process in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware.*
- Represented anย investment firmย in the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of a home improvement products company.ย The sale was effectuated through a Chapter 11 363 process in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware.*
- Represented a private equity firmย in its significant minority investment in a software company.*
- Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of a ServiceNow integrator, several add-on acquisitions, and the subsequent exit.*
- Represented a private equity firm in its platform acquisition of a leading engineering services company.*
- Represented a private equity firm in its sale of a leading provider of driver recruiting software and workflow solutions for the trucking industry.*
- Represented a private equity firm in its initial acquisition of a provider of fiber-based communications solutions, and later in its subsequent sale of the company to a strategic buyer.*
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