Daniel Wayte
Partner
Areas of Focus
- Capital Solutions
- Preferred Equity & Hybrid Capital
- Special Situations
- Private Credit
- Private Equity
- Private Capital
- Private Equity Transactions
- Corporate & Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Litigation Finance
- Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
- Hedge Funds
Temporarily on a Full-Time Client Secondment
- Daniel focuses on capital solutions transactions, principally for private credit and alternative capital investors.
- He has over 20 years of experience across a full spectrum of private and public equity transactions.
Daniel advises on a wide range of complex equity and special situations transactions across the capital structure, with a focus on preferred equity, other hybrid capital solutions and joint ventures. He has particular experience of asset-backed finance investments, including litigation finance, real estate finance and consumer finance and alternative capital opportunities in the technology, energy and infrastructure sectors.
He leverages over 20 years’ experience across many industry sectors and a full spectrum of private and public equity transaction types, including public and private M&A, joint ventures, minority and growth equity, structured/preferred equity and special situations.
Prior to joining Akin, Daniel has been a Partner at another leading international law firm.
- Omers on its investment in the $700m investment round of US battery recycling company, Redwood Materials.
- Goldman Sachs on various investments, including Raisin's Series D and E rounds and the merger of Raisin and Deposit Solutions.
- EQT on various investments and acquisitions, including leading Vinted's Series F fundraising.
- European investors on a E500m preferred equity financing for the acquisition of an ID verification business.
- Auxmoney on its Centerbridge Partners led growth round.
EducationL.P.C., University of Nottingham, 2002
LL.B., University of Bristol, 2001
L.P.C., University of Nottingham, 2002
LL.B., University of Bristol, 2001
Bar AdmissionsSolicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, England and Wales
- The Legal 500 UK, M&A Lower Mid-Market, UK 2018-2025.
- The Legal 500 UK, Upper and Mid-Market M&A, 2017-2018.
