Dana Lyons

Dana Lyons is an associate in the firm’s Business Law department and a member of its Private Equity group.

Dana’s practice primarily focuses on mergers and acquisitions and private equity. Dana has represented public and private entities in a variety of transactions, including domestic and cross-border merger and acquisition transactions, private equity transactions, and corporate governance matters. Dana has advised a broad range of clients across industries, including health care and life sciences, financial services, technology, manufacturing, food and beverage, retail, and entertainment and media.

From October 2025 until March 2026, Dana was the Interim General Counsel (as a legal secondee) of Cardiovascular Associates of America, a portfolio company of Webster Equity Partners.

Dana is admitted to practice in New York only. His work is supervised by Goodwin Procter attorneys admitted to practice in Pennsylvania.

Dana’s recent transactional experience includes representing:

• Cybereason, a leading cybersecurity company formerly backed by Softbank Corp, Softbank Vision Fund and Liberty Strategic Capital, in its sale to LevelBlue, a leading cybersecurity and managed security services provider
• Webster Equity Partners and its affiliated investment funds in connection with its majority investments in and/or add-on acquisitions by:
  • Cardiovascular Associates of America (cardiovascular specialty medical practice)
  • Nova Women’s Health Partners (OB/GYN)
• TA Associates and its affiliated investment funds and portfolio companies in a number of transactions including:
  • Conservice, LLC, a provider of utility management software and billing solutions, in its acquisition of Resource Energy Systems, LLC and Resource Energy Solutions, LLC, providers of retail energy procurement, broker, and consulting services.
  • PowerGEM, a leading provider of electrical power simulation modeling software, in its acquisition of Cambridge Energy Solutions and Marquette Energy Analytics
• SK Capital and its affiliated investment funds, in connection with the sale of Florachem Corporation, a provider of naturally derived, high-value concentrated fractions, extracts, and natural ingredients, to Tradebe, a global business group dedicated to sustainability
• LLR Partners and its affiliated investment funds in connection with certain minority investment and co-invest transactions
• Guardian Capital Partners and its affiliated investment funds in connection with its acquisition of TeamLINX LLLP, a provider of technology infrastructure services for data center and mission-critical applications 
• Sixth Street Growth in connection with its growth equity investment in Clio, a leader in legal technology
• The rock band KISS and its co-founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley in the sale of substantially all rights related to KISS to Pophouse Entertainment*
• Sugar Foods Corporation in its sale to Pritzker Private Capital*
• AgroFresh Solutions, Inc., a Philadelphia-based provider of pre- and post-harvest technologies and services, in its:
  
  • acquisition of Pace International, including its domestic and overseas operations* 
  • $545 million going-private acquisition by Paine Schwartz Partners*
• Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc., in its defense against a hostile tender offer and proxy contest for board control by Carl Icahn, including adoption of a shareholder rights plan, and negotiated resolution*
• Paine Schwartz Partners, a global leader in sustainable food chain investing, in its new platform investment in Registrar Corp., a leading provider of supply chain compliance software and services to domestic and foreign food and beverage, medical device, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic customers*
• A-Mark Precious Metals Inc. (now Gold.com, Inc.) in its acquisition of precious metals e-commerce platform JM Bullion (JMB) for $136.8 million*
• Vimian Group AB, in connection with:
  • acquisition of the animal health business of STERIS Instrument Management Services, Inc.*
  • acquisition of Vertical Vet, LLC*
  • acquisition of IMEX Veterinary, LLC*
• Odevo AB, in connection with:
  • acquisition of William Douglas Management, Inc.*
  • acquisition of Spectrum Association Management and related companies and assets*
  • acquisition of KW Property Management & Consulting, LLC*
• Stone Point Capital LLC, in connection with:
  • acquisition, along with GreyLion Capital, of Hyphen Solutions, the leading provider of cloud-based residential construction management software*
  • acquisition of Bullhorn, a global leader in software for staffing and recruitment*
  • strategic investment in Allied Benefit Systems LLC, a leading independent third-party administrator of group health benefits to self-insured employers*
    
     

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.

Prior to joining Goodwin, Dana spent time as an associate at Morrison & Foerster LLP and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP in New York.