Skip to content
Dan Komarek
Dan Komarek
Partner — Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity
Partner — Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity

Dan Komarek

Dan Komarek
New York

The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036

start quote symbolI’ve built long-term relationships with clients based upon taking care of their needs, regardless of what they may be, and by being responsive, effective, and efficient in achieving their goals.end quote symbol
Dan Komarek

Experience Highlights

  • Apollo Global Management in connection with the acquisition of a majority interest in Composite Advanced Technologies (“CATEC”), a leading provider of compressed natural gas, renewable natural gas and hydrogen transportation and storage solutions in the United States, and CATEC’s subsequent acquisition of Kelley Leasing Partners, a compressed gas and cryogenic liquid transportation equipment leasing company serving hydrogen, helium and CNG customers across industrial gas, utility and virtual pipeline end markets

  • Meritage Midstream Services II in connection with its acquisition by an operating subsidiary of Western Midstream Partners in an all-cash transaction for a purchase price of $885 million

  • Strawn Petroleum Holdings, an affiliate of funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, in a transaction in which Strawn Petroleum Holdings will contribute the equity of Strawn Petroleum, LP and certain affiliates in exchange for the issuance of certain shares of Peak 10 Energy Holdings

  • Apollo Global Management in connection with New Fortress Energy’s sale of its 20% equity interest in Energos Infrastructure to Apollo Funds

  • Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation IV, a blank check company sponsored by an affiliate of Riverstone Holdings, in its business combination with Hammerhead Resources, a Canadian oil and gas producer

  • Three Cairns Group and Galvanize Climate Solutions in their investment in Zhero, a new green energy development company

  • Apollo Global Management in connection with Apollo Funds and Vitol agreeing to provide a structured debt and equity financing to WattEV, an industry leader in heavy-duty freight electrification providing end-to-end solutions to customers through the development of electric charging infrastructure and provisioning of electric vehicle trucks

  • Riverstone Holdings in its investment in Our Next Energy’s $300 million Series B capital raise at a post-money valuation of $1.2 billion

  • Northwoods Management Company in connection with its acquisition by OneRock Energy Holdings

  • Apollo Global Management in connection with its $175 million strategic investment in Summit Ridge Energy, a leading owner-operator of community solar assets

  • Riverstone Holdings (i) as lead investor in the $80 million Series D funding and (ii) as an investor in a $30 million additional growth capital round of Infinitum Electric, creator of the sustainable, breakthrough air-core motor

  • Wildcat Capital Management in its strategic growth equity investment, together with Sixth Street, in Milan Laser Hair Removal, the nation’s largest laser hair removal provider

  • A controlling shareholder in connection with the sale of Ridgeback Resources, a privately held oil and gas producer focused on light oil in Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, to Saturn Oil & Gas for CAD$525 million, including cash and stock consideration

  • Riverstone Holdings in connection with its participation in the $400 million Series C funding round of Group14 Technologies, which plans to break ground on its second commercial-scale Battery Active Materials factory in the U.S. to stay ahead of demand from markets reliant on high-performing batteries

  • Funds managed by Ares Management in the acquisition and related financing of Atlas Crane Service, a full-service crane rental company that primarily serves the wind industry

  • Apollo Global Management in connection with the sale by New Fortress Energy (“NFE”) of 11 LNG infrastructure vessels to a newly formed venture owned approximately 80% by Apollo-managed funds and 20% by NFE, in a transaction valued at approximately $2 billion

  • Riverstone Holdings, as co-lead investor, in connection with a $65.5 million Series D investment in Anuvia™ Plant Nutrients, a manufacturer of high-efficiency, sustainable field-ready fertilizers for the agriculture, turf, and lawncare industries

  • Oaktree Capital Management in a transaction whereby Oaktree and Providence Energy formed a new mineral and royalty acquisitions company, Sierra Energy Holdings, backed with $500 million in equity commitments

  • Sapphire Gas Solutions in the acquisition of CLEANCOR Holdings, a California-based service provider of compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, renewable natural gas, and hydrogen solutions for industrial, commercial, transportation, and pipeline infrastructure customers across the United States, from SEACOR Holdings

  • Riverstone Holdings, as lead investor, in connection with a $40 million Series C funding round of T-REX Group, Inc., a SaaS provider supporting the asset-backed financing industry

  • Kadem Sustainable Impact Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company, in its initial public offering

  • Momentum Minerals in the acquisition by Sitio Royalties of over 12,200 NRAs in the Permian Basin for approximately $224 million

  • Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation III, a blank check company, in a definitive agreement for a business combination with Solid Power, an industry-leading producer of all-solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, that would result in Solid Power becoming a publicly listed company, with a pro forma implied combined enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion

  • Executives of Enverus, a global leader in energy data analytics and SaaS technology, in the acquisition of Enverus by Hellman & Friedman in a transaction that valued Enverus at $4.25 billion, including the assumption of debt

  • Apollo Global Management in connection with its lead investment in a $40 million Series C financing round of Moleaer, Inc., the global leader in nanobubble technology

  • Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation II, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Riverstone Holdings, in a definitive agreement for a business combination with Tritium, a Brisbane-based developer and manufacturer of direct current fast chargers for electric vehicles valued at $1.2 billion in connection with the transaction, that would result in Tritium becoming a publicly listed company

  • Management team in connection with the founding of Mammoth Freighters LLC, which is backed by private investment funds managed by Fortress Investment Group LLC and its affiliates

  • Takkion TP&L Holdings in its acquisition of Harvest Energy Services, an independent services provider of operations and maintenance solutions to the renewable energy industry

  • Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation, a blank check company sponsored by an affiliate of Riverstone Holdings, in a definitive agreement for a business combination with Hyzon Motors, the industry-leading global supplier of zero-emissions hydrogen fuel cell powered commercial vehicles, that would result in Hyzon becoming a publicly listed company

  • Oaktree Capital Management in a $900 million pledge related to the launch of a partnership with FourPass Energy to acquire and operate large-scale, oil-weighted, producing oil and gas assets

  • Takkion, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management, in its acquisition of Airway Services, a leading provider of operations and maintenance solutions to the renewable energy industry, from Northaven Capital Partners and Concentric Equity Partners

  • Riverstone Holdings in its investment in Loanpal, America’s number one point-of-sale payment platform for sustainable home solutions

  • Executives of RS Energy Group, an innovative technology firm focused in the upstream oil & gas industry, in the acquisition of the company by Enverus, a leading energy SaaS and data analytics company

  • Apollo Global Management in a $150 million equity commitment to FlexGen Power Systems, a leading integration services and software technology provider for energy storage solutions in the U.S. and globally

  • Riverstone Holdings as lead investor in a $50 million Series C funding round for FreeWire Technologies, a leader in electric vehicle charging and power solutions

  • Talos Energy in its combination with Stone Energy in an all-stock transaction that will create a premier offshore-focused exploration and production company, with an initial equity market capitalization of approximately $1.9 billion and an enterprise value of approximately $2.5 billion

  • Apollo Global Management in a strategic partnership with Johnson Controls that will provide sustainability and energy efficiency services to help customers address decarbonization and operating cost goals for their buildings

  • Riverstone Holdings in the private placement of convertible preferred shares of Pipestone Energy Corp., with an initial liquidation preference of CAD$70 million, to Riverstone Holdings, certain hedge funds, and private client managed accounts of GMT Capital Corp. and GMT Exploration Company LLC

  • Oaktree Capital Management in its $600 million initial equity commitment and additional $300 million runway commitment to Charger Shale Oil Company, an oil and gas partnership focused in the Permian Basin; and, subsequently, Charger in connection with Producers Midstream, LP’s plans to install a new natural gas gathering system, anchored by more than 40,000 net dedicated acres and a 1,000 square mile area of mutual interest from Charger, in the Western Delaware Basin through the formation of Culberson Midstream LLC

  • Apollo Global Management in an agreement with Arthur Kill Terminal for the exclusive right to invest in the Arthur Kill Terminal project, a major offshore wind energy staging and assembly port under development in Staten Island, New York

  • Riverstone Holdings in the sale of a 50% ownership interest in the Utopia Pipeline to a South Korean consortium of infrastructure investors

  • Castlerock Exploration in a line of equity commitment to the company by institutional investors

  • Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of a majority interest in Total Operations and Production Services, a leading provider of gas compression services for the Permian Basin with a focus on electric driven compression systems that offer customers improved performance and reduced emissions, from Black Bay Energy Capital

  • Riverstone Credit Partners in the formation of, and its investment in, Converge Midstream, a crude oil storage and transportation company that acquired the assets of Fairway Energy Partners

  • Double Eagle Energy Permian in its $2.8 billion sale of certain undeveloped acreage and producing oil and gas properties in the core of the Midland Basin to Parsley Energy

  • Takkion Holdings, a portfolio company of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, in connection with its acquisition of Renew Energy, a leading provider of operations and maintenance solutions serving the renewable energy market

  • Salt Fork Resources, a portfolio company of Riverstone Holdings, in the sale of natural gas and oil properties to Ascent Resources and cash contribution by Riverstone to Ascent

  • Verdad Oil & Gas Corporation in its formation of Verdad Resources Holdings in partnership with Ares Management

  • Apollo Global Management in the formation of a joint venture with Altius Minerals Corporation’s subsidiary, Altius Renewable Royalties (“Altius”), to accelerate the growth of Great Bay Renewables, the US-based operating subsidiary of Altius and a leading provider of renewable energy development capital in North America

  • Riverstone Holdings in its $419 million equity commitment to Teton Range, an oil and gas company focused on the acquisition and exploitation of non-operated leasehold and minerals in the STACK, and subsequently Riverstone Holdings in connection with Centerbridge Partners’ investment of preferred equity in Teton Range

  • Double Eagle Energy Permian, a portfolio company of Apollo Natural Resources Partners Funds I and II, in a $450 million investment in the company of equity and delayed draw unsecured debt capital by Magnetar Capital

  • Apollo Global Management in an equity commitment to affiliates of Momentum Minerals, LLC, a premier mineral and royalty acquisition fund headquartered in Houston, Texas

  • Riverstone Holdings in its upsized equity commitment to, and formation of, Salt Fork Resources, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on the Appalachian Basin

  • Double Eagle Energy Holdings ll, a portfolio company of Apollo Natural Resources Partners Funds I and II, in its merger with Veritas Energy, creating one of the largest pure play exploration and production companies focused on the Permian’s Midland Basin

  • Takkion Holdings, a subsidiary of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, in connection with the acquisition of a majority interest in Transportation Partners & Logistics, a leading provider of logistics, transportation, and supply chain management solutions serving renewable energy and industrial markets

  • Riverstone Investment Group in the $600 million line of equity investment co-led by Riverstone and Pine Brook in Admiral Permian Resources, an exploration and production company focused on the Permian Basin

  • Elixir Capital in connection with a number of investments, including in Chaldal.com, Otelz.com and aWhere 

  • Pegasus Optimization Managers in a definitive agreement whereby EQT Infrastructure portfolio company Kodiak Gas Services acquired Pegasus

  • Riverstone Investment Group in becoming a 50 percent partner with Kinder Morgan in the Utopia Pipeline Project, a common carrier project that will include approximately 215 miles of new pipeline and will connect with an existing pipeline and associated facilities

  • Medical Action Industries (Nasdaq:MDCI) in: (i) the sale to Medira Inc. of 100% of the membership units of Medegen Medical Products, LLC, and certain assets of MDCI’s Patient Care business unit, including the containment business assets, collectively for approximately $75 million in cash; and (ii) the sale of MDCI’s outstanding shares to Owens & Minor, Inc. for approximately $207 million

  • Chisholm Oil and Gas in its strategic combination with Gastar Exploration to create a leading STACK E&P company

  • Riverstone Holdings in a $300 million equity commitment to Meritage Midstream Services III, a newly-formed midstream partnership, which pursues midstream opportunities in Western Canada’s emerging resource plays 

  • The Carlyle Group in a joint venture with Sunoco to own and operate a Philadelphia refinery, the oldest continuously operating refinery on the U.S. east coast

  • Caelus Natural Resources Alaska in numerous transactions, including: (i) the sale to ConocoPhillips Alaska of 100 percent of the Nuna discovery, located just east of the Colville River and approximately five miles southwest of the Oooguruk Field; (ii) a transaction whereby Eni acquired 70 percent and operatorship of the Oooguruk oil field in Alaska from Caelus; and (iii) a transaction whereby Eni acquired 124 exploration leases (for a total of approximately 350,000 acres) onshore in the Eastern North Slope of Alaska from Caelus

  • Riverstone Holdings in a $300 million equity commitment to Carrier Energy Partners, which is focused on the acquisition and exploitation of upstream oil and gas assets in North America through partnership with select operators, and in a $100 million equity commitment to Carrier Energy Partners II

  • Golden Gate Capital in its sale of various portfolio companies, including its $315 million sale of Teridian Semiconductor Corp., a fabless mixed-signal semiconductor company focused on electricity metering and energy measurement for the smart grid, to Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.; named one of The Deal’s “PE Deals of the Year”

  • Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of an approximately $1 billion portfolio from GE Capital’s Energy Financial Services unit

  • Riverstone Holdings in a C$300 million equity commitment to Canadian Non-Operated Resources, which pursues partnerships with operators to develop oil and gas assets in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, and subsequently Canadian Non-Operated Resources in connection with a strategic merger of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Pipestone Oil, with Blackbird Energy Inc. to create Pipestone Energy

  • Golden Gate Capital in its carve-out acquisition of the wireline communications business of Infineon Technologies AG, later rebranded as Lantiq

  • Apollo Global Management in its equity investment in Infrastructure Networks, a provider of private broadband wireless LTE solutions

  • Riverstone Holdings in a $300 million equity commitment to Eagle Energy Exploration, which invests in oil and gas assets and related properties in the Mid-Continent region of the United States

  • Leiner Health Products Inc. and its subsidiaries in connection with the sale of their assets and business pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code through Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware

  • Whistler Energy II (operating in the Central Gulf of Mexico) in connection with its $100 million acquisition by Talos Energy

  • Northwoods Energy, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management, in the $500 million acquisition of SM Energy’s Powder River Basin assets

  • Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of a majority interest in Tidewater Logistics, a leading provider of frac sand supply chain solutions

  • Apollo Global Management in the formation of, and investment in, Double Eagle Energy Holdings III, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on the Permian Basin, which has secured equity commitments of more than $1 billion

  • Apollo Global Management in the formation of a strategic partnership with Chisholm Oil and Gas to invest in oil and gas properties in Oklahoma, and Chisholm’s initial acquisition of STACK assets

  • Apollo Global Management in an equity commitment of $175 million to Pegasus Optimization Partners, a newly-formed company that will offer custom gas compression services to onshore North American operators

  • Apollo Global Management in the capitalization of Resource Energy, an upstream oil and gas production company principally focused on the revitalization of existing wellbores

  • Apollo Global Management in the formation of a strategic partnership with, and opportunity to invest up to $800 million in, American Petroleum Partners, a company formed to pursue opportunities in the Utica and Marcellus shale formations

  • Apollo Global Management in the formation of a strategic partnership with Double Eagle Energy Holdings II, a company created to invest in oil and gas properties

  • Apollo Global Management in the formation of Jupiter Resources, and Jupiter’s subsequent C$2 billion acquisition of Encana’s Bighorn assets in the Alberta Deep Basin

  • Apollo Global Management in a $500 million equity commitment to CSV Midstream Solutions, which pursues the construction and operation of midstream facilities in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

Credentials

  • Columbia Law School, J.D., 2007 (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Human Rights Law Review)
  • University of California at Berkeley, B.A., History with high honors and distinction, 2004
  • Chambers USA, Private Equity: Buyouts (New York), 2022 and 2023
  • Legal 500 U.S., M&A/Corporate & Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts, 2021; M&A/Corporate & Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1 Billion-Plus), 2023
  • IFLR1000, 2020–2023
  • Selected to the 500 Leading Energy Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023 and 2024
  • California
  • New York