Daniel R. Pierce
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
100 High Street, Suite 2400
Boston, MA 02110-1724
USA
Phone: +1 857 488 4247
Fax: +1 857 401 3076
Email: DRPierce@duanemorris.com

Daniel R. Pierce practices in the areas of corporate and intellectual property law. Mr. Pierce represents clients in various business transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments and commercial lending transactions. Mr. Pierce also has significant experience representing clients with respect to licensing, sponsored research and other transactions involving patents, trademarks, software and other intellectual property.

Mr. Pierce's clients have included emerging businesses as well as seasoned companies, and are involved in a wide variety of industries, including high-tech, biotechnology, Internet and IT, broadcast media, food and beverage and traditional manufacturing.

A member of the Boston Bar Association, Mr. Pierce is a 1998 magna cum laude graduate of the Boston University School of Law, where he was a member of the Boston University Law Review, and a cum laude graduate of the University of Massachusetts.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Emerging Businesses
• Venture Capital
• Securities Law
• Intellectual Property Law

Representative Matters

• Represented Oligomerix, Inc., a biotechnology start-up focused on developing disease-modifying therapeutics for Alzheimer's and related neurodegenerative disorders, in connection with a $2.8 million Series B financing, which includes both issuance of new convertible preferred shares and warrants from both current and new investors.
• Represented Oligomerix, Inc., a biotechnology start-up focused on developing disease-modifying therapeutics for Alzheimer’s and related neurodegenerative disorders, in connection with a $2.4 million Series A financing provided by angel and venture capital investors.
• Represented a Mexican manufacturer of electronic component parts in the acquisition of the assets of a manufacturer of electrolytic motor start capacitors.
• Represented a Mexican manufacturer of electronic component parts in the acquisition of the assets of a manufacturer of foil-etching technology.
• Represented Localocracy, LLC, an online platform for citizen engagement in their local communities, in the sale of all of its assets to the HuffingtonPost Media Group.
• Represented a developer and publisher of consumer and educational software in the acquisition of several nationally known consumer software titles from an educational and trade publisher.
• Represented Multimodal Technologies, Inc. in the sale of 100 percent of its outstanding equity securities in a reverse triangular merger to Miami Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Medquist Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MEDH), for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $130 million, including approximately $50 million in cash at closing, approximately $50 million in Medquist common stock at closing, and approximately $30 million of deferred payments payable in three annual installments.
• Represented Penion Group, LLC, an investment company focusing on small to mid-size business in the Boston area, in its acquisition of the assets of Lynn Manufacturing, Inc. and its affiliates.
• Represented NASDAQ-traded medical device company in strategic acquisition of privately-held company, including spin-off of unrelated technology and cross-licensing arrangement.
• Represented defense contractor and UK subsidiary in sale of assets to large public-company acquirer.
• Represented online career search business in sale of assets.
• Represented a drug-discovery company in the autism field in three rounds of growth-stage financing (Series B, Series B-1 and convertible notes), raising in excess of $15 million.
• Represented a drug-discovery company in the autism field in a $6.5 million Series A round from friends, family and angels.
• Represented a large India-based venture capital firm in both Series D and Series E investments a Silicon-Valley IT company.
• Represented biotechnology company in a stock-for-stock merger with publicly-traded acquirer.
• Represented a coal gasification start-up in its seed round (convertible debt) and Series A round.
• Represented a startup in the food and beverage industry in seed and series A rounds.
• Represented a startup in the food and beverage industry in its sale to a nationally branded premium spirits company.
• Represented boutique investment bank in $35 million investments made by two private equity firms.
• Represented broadcast media company in major corporate restructuring and several convertible-debt offerings.
• Represented Singapore-based private equity fund in the formation of two U.S.-based feeder funds and related compliance matters.
• Represented major service provider to nuclear power industry in $150+ million sale to a consortium of private equity firms.
• Represented Waters Corporation in $23 million acquisition of Rheology Business of Rheometric Scientific, Inc.
• Represented Waters Corporation in acquisition of Creon Lab Control, AG and its subsidiaries.

Professional Activities

• MassChallenge
  - Mentor, Judge and Speaker
• MassMEDIC
• National Association of Corporate Directors
  - Programming Committee, New England Chapter, 2008-2010

Admissions

• Massachusetts

Education

• Boston University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1998

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Partner, 2007-present
  - Associate, 2003-2006
• Schnader Harrison Goldstein & Manello, Boston, Massachusetts
  - Associate, 1998-2002

Honors and Awards

• Super Lawyers, Massachusetts Rising Stars, 2005-2011

Selected Speaking Engagements

• "U.S. Legal Basics for Start-Ups," Skolkovo Innovation Center Energy Efficiency Cluster, January 2012
• "Legal Basics for Entrepreneurs," Moscow State University Guest Incubator Program, October 2011
• "Investors' Term Sheets - Deconstructed and Demystified," Harvard Business School - Entrepreneurship Club, March 2010
• "An Entrepreneur's Practical Guide to Forming a New Business," Harvard Business School - Entrepreneurship Club, November 2009