Meet Dani
Dani Machata is a shareholder in the firm's Milwaukee office and a member of the Corporate practice. Dani's practice focuses primarily on buy- and sell-side mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, venture capital, joint ventures and general corporate matters, including manufacturing, supply and distribution arrangements and corporate governance matters.
Dani serves on the firm's Compensation Committee. Prior to joining Godfrey & Kahn, Dani was an associate in the Corporate Finance practice group at Dykema in Detroit, Michigan.
Education
Juris Doctor, American University, Washington College of Law, 2001, cum laude
Bachelor of Arts, Michigan State University- James Madison College, 1997
Activities
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin – Board Member
First Stage – Board Member
Latino Arts Board – Board Member
Honors
Recognized as a Leader in the Law by the Wisconsin Law Journal (2024)
Recognized by Chambers USA (Corporate/M&A, 2023)
Honored as one of The M&A Advisor's 40 under 40 (2012)
Honored as one of The Business Journal of Milwaukee's Forty Under 40 (2011)
Recognized as a Wisconsin Rising Star (2009 - 2012, 2014 - 2015)
Admitted To Practice
Michigan, WisconsinProfessional Associations
American Bar Association, State Bar of Michigan, State Bar of WisconsinRecent Transactions
Represented LPi Digital, LLC in the sale of its business to Sound Growth Partners, Everside Capital Partners and Caumsett Capital (2024)
Represented manufacturer of durable labels in its acquisition of a privately-held manufacturer of specialty tags and labels (2024)
Represented Penta Technologies, LLC and STRUXI, LLC in the sale of their businesses to JDM Technology Group (2024)
Represented Brass Ring Capital, Inc. in its acquisition of a privately-held provider of tourism marketing services (2024)
Represented various subsidiaries of Billerud AB (Sweden) (OCTMKTS: BLRDF) on their divestiture of assets located in Wisconsin to various purchasers (2024)
Represented a subsidiary of Billerud AB (Sweden) (OCTMKTS: BLRDF) in its divestiture of assets to Nine Dragons, Inc. (2024)
Represented Summit Drilling, LLC in its acquisition of Subsurface Environmental Technologies and Hill Environmental Group (2023)
Represented Brass Ring Capital, Inc. in its acquisition of a privately-held provider of maintenance, repair, inspection, construction and installation services for complex fueling systems (2023)
Represented Summit Drilling, LLC in its acquisition of South Atlantic Environmental Drilling and Construction Co. Inc. (2023)
Represented a privately-held manufacturer of plastic products in the divestiture of certain Mexican operations to a corporation (2023)
Represented Modine Manufacturing Company (NYSE: MOD) in its acquisition of Napps Technology Corporation (2023)
Represented a public manufacturing company based in Wisconsin in its divestiture of certain operations in Florida to a privately-held company involved in manufacturing (2023)
Represented Brass Ring Capital, Inc. in its sale of Creative Learning Systems to Exeter Street Capital Partners (2023)
Represented Research Solutions, Inc. in its acquisition of Scite, Inc. (2023)
Represented Fiskars Oyj Abp and Fiskars Brands, Inc. in their divestiture of their Gilmour Americas Watering business to Lawn & Garden, LLC (2022)
Represented a privately-held building materials company in the sale of its business to an Italian corporation (2022)
Represented Brass Ring Capital, Inc. in its acquisition of privately-held provider of custom air handling equipment featuring packaged refrigeration systems and energy recovery (2022)
Represented an environmental services contractor in its acquisition of a privately-held environmental services contractor (2022)
Represented Borgman Capital LLC in its acquisition of K.G. Stevens Inc. (2022)
Represented Brass Ring Capital, Inc. in its acquisition of a privately-held provider of sustainability-focused recycling and waste management services (2022)
Represented Summit Drilling, LLC in its acquisition of TPI Environmental, Inc. (2022)
Represented Brass Ring Capital, Inc. in its acquisition of Summit Drilling, Inc. (2021)
Represented Brass Ring Capital, Inc. in its acquisition of Elenco Electronics, Inc. (2021)
Represented Brass Ring Capital, Inc. in its sale of Portu-Sunberg Marketing, LLC to Clearview Capital Fund IV, L.P. and its affiliates (2021)
Represented a retail sales and marketing agency in its acquisition of a privately-held provider of advertising and marketing services (2021)
Represented Mason Wells Buyout Fund V in its acquisition of IDENTCO International Company, LLC (2021)
Represented Mason Wells Buyout Fund V in its acquisition of Reliance Label Solutions, LLC (2021)