Overview
Dan Stellenberg is a partner in the Tax practice of Paul Hastings based in the firm’s Palo Alto office. Dan advises on tax, accounting, and employment and securities law issues in connection with executive employment and separation agreements, equity compensation arrangements, and bonus plans. His experience also encompasses employee integration and retention, due diligence, golden parachute, and deferred compensation issues. Dan also handles a broad range of compliance issues concerning complex tax, disclosure, EU data privacy, and Chinese currency exchange laws in connection with mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, and equity compensation programs.
Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Dan practiced at three other Am Law 100 firms. His previous experience also includes working at a compensation consulting firm, where he provided independent advice to technology companies’ boards of directors.
Recognitions
- The Legal 500, Labor & Employment - Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactions (2021)
- Chambers USA, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (2021)
- Recognized by Chambers USA 2023, 2022, and 2021
Education
- Santa Clara University, School of Law, J.D., 2001
- Santa Clara University, M.S., 1997
- Carnegie Mellon University, B.S., 1994
Representations
Recent representative experience includes advising on the tax, benefits, and executive compensation aspects of the following matters:
- Advising Symphony Technology Group in its acquisition of Momentive (Nasdaq: MNTV), the maker of SurveyMonkey, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.5 billion.
- Advising Vector Capital and its portfolio company MarkLogic, a leader in managing complex data and metadata, in the $355 million sale of MarkLogic to Progress (NASDAQ: PRGS).
- Advised Francisco Partners in its equity investment in Veson Nautical, the global leader in maritime freight software.
- Advised Symphony Technology Group, a private equity firm specializing in partnering with market leading companies in data, software, and analytics, in the acquisition of eProductivity Software (“EPS”), the Productivity Software Business of Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
- Advised Teleperformance Group, Inc. in its $400 million acquisition of Senture, LLC, a significant business process outsourcing operator for government services in the United States, from Kingswood Capital Management, L.P.
- Advised AdTheorent, a leading programmatic digital advertising company using advanced machine learning technology, in the completion of its business combination with MCAP Acquisition Corporation.
- Advised Vector Capital and its portfolio company, Cheetah Digital in the merger between Cheetah Digital and CM Group, a portfolio of martech companies focused on multichannel digital marketing.
news
- Paul Hastings Advises STG in $1.4 Billion Take-Private of Avid Technology - August 9th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Francisco Partners and Forcepoint in Sale of its G2CI Business to TPG - July 12th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised STG Partners in Acquisition of Wrike - July 12th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Quotient Technology, Inc. in $430 Million Business Combination with Neptune Retail Solutions - June 22nd, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Galway Sustainable Credit in Significant Investment from Macquarie Asset Management - June 15th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Symphony Technology Group in $1.5 Billion Acquisition of Momentive Global - June 2nd, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Vector Capital in Acquisition of Riverbed Technology - May 30th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Symphony Technology Group in $1.5 Billion Acquisition of Momentive Global - March 14th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Vector Capital in Sale of MarkLogic to Progress - January 3rd, 2023
- Francisco Partners Makes Significant Growth Investment in Veson Nautical - March 17th, 2022
- Symphony Technology Group Acquires eProductivity Software - January 5th, 2022
- Teleperformance Group Acquires Senture - December 28th, 2021
- AdTheorent Completes Business Combination with MCAP Acquisition Corporation and Begins Trading on NASDAQ - December 22nd, 2021
- Francisco Partners Announces Sale of Quest Software - November 30th, 2021
- Symphony Technology Group Makes Majority Investment in CaseWorthy - November 3rd, 2021
- Cheetah Digital to Merge with CM Group - October 21st, 2021
- AdTheorent To Go Public in a Business Combination with MCAP Acquisition Corp. - July 27th, 2021
- Taboola Acquires Connexity from Symphony Technology Group - July 23rd, 2021
- Precisely to Acquire Winshuttle from Symphony Technology Group - June 15th, 2021
- Symphony Technology Group to Acquire FireEye Products Business for $1.2 Billion - June 2nd, 2021
Recognitions
insights
- PH COVID-19 Client Alert Series: COVID-19 and Equity Compensation Valuations - March 19th, 2020
- Unprecedented Private Equity Funds ERISA Decision Is Reversed - December 3rd, 2019
- Tax Considerations in Structuring Initial Coin Offerings - September 27th, 2018
- Who’s Covered and What’s Grandfathered? A Look at the New 162(m) Guidance - August 24th, 2018
- Unhappy New Year—New Tax Law Adversely Affects Certain Executive and Equity Compensation Arrangements - December 29th, 2017
- Asset Buyers Beware: PBGC Attempts to Hold Asset Buyer Liable for Seller’s Underfunded Single Employer Pension Plan Termination Liabilities - February 1st, 2017