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.

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
Intellectual Property Law

Representative 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.
Represented Biostream, Inc. in sale of Series A convertible preferred stock.
Represented Q-RNA, Inc. in sale of Series B convertible preferred stock.
Represented Esurg Corporation in business combination with Integrated Logistics Systems National, L.L.C. and related recapitalization of the combined entities.

Professional Activities

Boston Bar Association

Admissions

Massachusetts
State Courts of 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