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.

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

Dana’s representative matters include:

• Represented Sugar Foods Corporation in its sale to Pritzker Private Capital*
• Represented AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. in its $545 million going-private acquisition by Paine Schwartz Partners*
• Represented 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*
• Represented 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*
• Represented A-Mark Precious Metals Inc. (A-Mark) in its acquisition of precious metals e-commerce platform JM Bullion (JMB) for $136.8 million*
• Represented 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*
• Represented 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*
• Represented 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.