Daniel J. Fritze
Partner
Meridian
1320 Main Street
17th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
1320 Main Street
17th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
dan.fritze@nelsonmullins.com
Dan is a corporate partner with a practice focused primarily in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, corporate formation and governance, executive compensation, commercial and supply contracts and securities law. Dan’s clients range from emerging companies to private middle-market companies, including numerous private equity portfolio companies.
Dan’s prior experience as a CPA allows him to provide...
Dan is a corporate partner with a practice focused primarily in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, corporate formation and governance, executive compensation, commercial and supply contracts and securities law. Dan’s clients range from emerging companies to private middle-market companies, including numerous private equity portfolio companies.
Dan’s prior experience as a CPA allows him to provide financial insight on corporate transactions.
financial insight on corporate transactions.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.
Previous Professional Experience
- Practiced as a certified public accountant
- Former member of the South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants
Representative Engagements
- Represents private sellers and buyers in merger and acquisition transactions, such as:
- Represented multiple environmental services businesses in sales to private equity firms
- Represented multiple professional service firms in sales to strategic buyers
- Represented a pharmaceutical distribution company in the sale to a strategic buyer
- Represented a security protection services company in the strategic acquisition of numerous similar business
- Represented a government services company in the strategic acquisition of a similar business
- Represents clients with various commercial agreements, such as:
- Represented a contract manufacturer with numerous supply and vendor agreements critical to the continued growth and success of the business
- Represented an automobile manufacturer with numerous agreements related to the distribution and sale of its products
- Represented an environmental services company with agreements for the provision of services in Europe
- Represents executives with employment agreements and severance arrangements
Education
-
Wake Forest University School of Law,
JD
(1991)
- Symposium editor of the Wake Forest University Law Review
- Moot Court Board
- Wofford College, BA, Accounting, magna cum laude (1984)
Admissions
- South Carolina
Practice Areas
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.
Previous Professional Experience
- Practiced as a certified public accountant
- Former member of the South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants
Representative Engagements
- Represents private sellers and buyers in merger and acquisition transactions, such as:
- Represented multiple environmental services businesses in sales to private equity firms
- Represented multiple professional service firms in sales to strategic buyers
- Represented a pharmaceutical distribution company in the sale to a strategic buyer
- Represented a security protection services company in the strategic acquisition of numerous similar business
- Represented a government services company in the strategic acquisition of a similar business
- Represents clients with various commercial agreements, such as:
- Represented a contract manufacturer with numerous supply and vendor agreements critical to the continued growth and success of the business
- Represented an automobile manufacturer with numerous agreements related to the distribution and sale of its products
- Represented an environmental services company with agreements for the provision of services in Europe
- Represents executives with employment agreements and severance arrangements
Media
News
Recognitions
The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Lawyer of the Year, Columbia, SC, Securities/Capital Markets Law (2014, 2017, 2026); Securities Regulation (2022, 2025); Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2016, 2025); Corporate Law (2020)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law (2008–2026), Corporate Governance Law (2008–2026), Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2008–2026), Securities/Capital Markets Law (2008–2026), Securities Regulation (2008–2026)
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/M&A – South Carolina (2005–2025)
- Columbia Business Monthly "Legal Elite"
- Corporate Law - Business Organizations (2023-2024)
- Corporate Law - Mergers and Acquisitions (2020, 2024)
- Corporate Law (2015, 2016)
- South Carolina Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year (2001)
Professional Activities
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, South Carolina Bar
- Member, Richland County Bar Association
Leadership
- Chairman of the Corporate, Banking and Securities Law Section of the South Carolina Bar (2002–2003)
- Chairman, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Senior Counsel Committee
Dan is a corporate partner with a practice focused primarily in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, corporate formation and governance, executive compensation, commercial and supply contracts and securities law. Dan’s clients range from emerging companies to private middle-market companies, including numerous private equity portfolio companies.
Dan’s prior experience as a CPA allows him to provide... financial insight on corporate transactions.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Previous Professional Experience
- Practiced as a certified public accountant
- Former member of the South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants
Representative Engagements
- Represents private sellers and buyers in merger and acquisition transactions, such as:
- Represented multiple environmental services businesses in sales to private equity firms
- Represented multiple professional service firms in sales to strategic buyers
- Represented a pharmaceutical distribution company in the sale to a strategic buyer
- Represented a security protection services company in the strategic acquisition of numerous similar business
- Represented a government services company in the strategic acquisition of a similar business
- Represents clients with various commercial agreements, such as:
- Represented a contract manufacturer with numerous supply and vendor agreements critical to the continued growth and success of the business
- Represented an automobile manufacturer with numerous agreements related to the distribution and sale of its products
- Represented an environmental services company with agreements for the provision of services in Europe
- Represents executives with employment agreements and severance arrangements
Education
-
Wake Forest University School of Law,
JD
(1991)
- Symposium editor of the Wake Forest University Law Review
- Moot Court Board
- Wofford College, BA, Accounting, magna cum laude (1984)
Admissions
- South Carolina
Practice Areas
Industries
News
The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Lawyer of the Year, Columbia, SC, Securities/Capital Markets Law (2014, 2017, 2026); Securities Regulation (2022, 2025); Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2016, 2025); Corporate Law (2020)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law (2008–2026), Corporate Governance Law (2008–2026), Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2008–2026), Securities/Capital Markets Law (2008–2026), Securities Regulation (2008–2026)
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/M&A – South Carolina (2005–2025)
- Columbia Business Monthly "Legal Elite"
- Corporate Law - Business Organizations (2023-2024)
- Corporate Law - Mergers and Acquisitions (2020, 2024)
- Corporate Law (2015, 2016)
- South Carolina Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year (2001)
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, South Carolina Bar
- Member, Richland County Bar Association
- Chairman of the Corporate, Banking and Securities Law Section of the South Carolina Bar (2002–2003)
- Chairman, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Senior Counsel Committee
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