Dan Komarek

Partner

Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity

“I’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.”

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Overview

Dan is the co-Managing Partner of V&E’s New York office.

Dan’s practice centers on counseling private equity firms and their portfolio companies across the full deal life cycle — from strategic investments and joint ventures to mergers & acquisitions and divestitures. His clients include some of the world’s largest and most active private equity firms and asset managers. Dan also advises private and public companies on a broad range of general corporate matters.

In addition, Dan served as the hiring partner for V&E’s New York office from 2016 to 2021, playing a key role in shaping the office’s growth and talent during that period.

According to Chambers USA 2026:

“Dan is the best. From start to finish I have full trust that he will get the right result for us, balancing both the commercial and legal considerations.”

“Dan is an excellent attorney and provides consistent, superior legal advice.”

Experience

  • Apollo Global Management in connection with Siris’s acquisition of a majority stake in TAKKION, a premier integrated services provider to the renewable energy industry

  • Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, a leading independent owner and operator of hydroelectric facilities across the U.S.

  • Riverstone Holdings in the sale of its equity stake in Pattern Energy Group, a leader in renewable energy and transmission infrastructure, to a consortium headed by APG Asset Management and Australian Retirement Trust

  • Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of Maverick Water Group, a Houston-based developer, owner, and operator of alternative non-potable water systems that serve communities across Texas, from funds managed by Crosstimbers Capital Group

  • Apollo Global Management in the sale of its interests in Great Bay Renewables Holdings and Great Bay Renewables Holdings II to Northampton Capital Partners for total consideration of approximately $390 million

  • Takanock, a provider of innovative digital and power infrastructure solutions, in new capital commitments totaling $500 million from ArcLight and DigitalBridge

  • Tidewater Logistics, a barge and rail transloading company with operations in Ohio, West Virginia, and Texas, in its sale to FTAI Infrastructure (NASDAQ: FIP)

  • Apollo Global Management in the acquisition from KKR of a 40% interest in Pembina Gas Infrastructure, one of the largest independent gas processing platforms in Western Canada

  • Sapphire Gas Solutions, a vertically integrated provider of compressed natural gas and liquified natural gas solutions, in its acquisition by Antin’s Flagship Fund V

  • Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of a majority stake in OEG Energy Group, a leading offshore energy solutions business, with an implied headline valuation of more than $1 billion

  • Meritage Midstream Services II, which owns and operates a large-scale natural gas gathering and processing business in the Power River Basin of Wyoming, in its $885 million acquisition by an operating subsidiary of Western Midstream

  • 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

  • Total Operations and Production Services, a leading provider of contract gas compression services for the Permian Basin, in its acquisition by Archrock in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $983 million

  • Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation IV, a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of Riverstone Holdings, in its $1.39 billion business combination with Hammerhead Resources Inc., a Calgary-based energy company

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

  • Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of a majority interest in Bold Production Services, a provider of production-linked, contracted natural gas treatment solutions that enable the downstream use of natural gas while reducing excess emissions and waste through proprietary equipment design

  • Riverstone Holdings in its investment in the $300 million Series B capital raise of Our Next Energy, an energy storage technology company working to develop batteries for mobility and large-scale storage applications, 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 the financing of Relevate Power’s acquisition of Gravity Renewables, which added 40 MW of high-quality assets to Relevate Power’s portfolio, more than doubling the company’s power generation capacity and bringing on board an experienced operating team

  • 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

  • Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of a majority interest in Freedom CNG, an owner and operator of compressed natural gas (CNG) and renewable natural gas (RNG) fueling infrastructure in Texas

  • 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 acquisition of a majority interest in Composite Advanced Technologies, 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

  • 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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 $175 million strategic investment in Summit Ridge Energy, a leading owner-operator of community solar assets

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Apollo Global Management in connection with the sale by New Fortress Energy 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 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

  • 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 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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, 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

  • 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 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 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 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 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

  • 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 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 

  • 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 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

  • 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

  • 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 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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

Education

  • 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

Admissions

  • California
  • New York

Recognitions

  • Chambers USA, Private Equity: Buyouts (New York), 2022–2026
  • Legal 500 U.S., M&A/Corporate & Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts, 2021, 2024–2026; M&A/Corporate & Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1 Billion-Plus), 2023
  • IFLR1000, 2020–2023
  • Selected to the 500 Leading Energy Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023–2026
Insights

Client Alerts

FinCEN Issues Interim Final Rule – BOI Reporting Obligations Narrowed to Foreign Reporting Companies and New Deadlines Issued

As we previously discussed and in alignment with the U.S. Treasury Department’s previous announcement, on March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule that dramatically narrows the reporting requirements for beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”).

March 27, 2025 • V&E CTA Update

March 27, 2025 • 2-minute read

Treasury Releases Application for Loans to Businesses Critical to Maintaining National Security Background Decorative Image

Client Alerts

FinCEN and the U.S. Treasury Department Suspend CTA Enforcement – Forthcoming Rule to Narrow CTA Compliance to Foreign Reporting Companies and Extend Deadlines

On February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced a suspension of enforcement actions related to the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”).

March 6, 2025 • V&E CTA Update

March 6, 2025 • 2-minute read

Treasury Releases Application for Loans to Businesses Critical to Maintaining National Security Background Decorative Image

Client Alerts

Corporate Transparency Act: Once Again Enforceable – New Compliance Dates Apply

As we previously discussed, on January 7, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide injunction delaying the implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act’s (“CTA”) reporting requirements (Smith, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Treasury).

February 21, 2025 • V&E CTA Update

February 21, 2025 • 2-minute read

Treasury Releases Application for Loans to Businesses Critical to Maintaining National Security Background Decorative Image

Client Alerts

Supreme Court Grants Stay of Preliminary Injunction Against Corporate Transparency Act – Second Injunction Still In Effect

On January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court granted the government’s motion to stay a nationwide injunction that was issued by a Texas federal judge in the case Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. McHenry.

January 28, 2025 • V&E CTA Update

January 28, 2025 • 2-minute read

Treasury Releases Application for Loans to Businesses Critical to Maintaining National Security Background Decorative Image

Client Alerts

Fifth Circuit Vacates Stay of Injunction Against Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act – Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Once Again in Effect

As we previously discussed, on December 5, 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), representing the Department of the Treasury, submitted a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, challenging a memorandum opinion and order issued by Judge Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

December 30, 2024 • V&E CTA Update

December 30, 2024 • 2-minute read

Treasury Releases Application for Loans to Businesses Critical to Maintaining National Security Background Decorative Image
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