Daniil Khanin

Daniil Khanin

Associate, Mergers and Acquisitions

Bio

Daniil Khanin advises public and private companies, private equity firms and portfolio companies on acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, carve-outs, strategic investments, securities offerings and other corporate matters.

Examples of Mr. Khanin’s representations include: 

  • DuPont de Nemours, Inc. in its:
    • $11 billion sale of a majority stake in its Mobility & Materials segment to Celanese Corporation
    • $1.75 billion acquisition of Spectrum Plastics Group
  • Stanley Black & Decker in its $760 million sale of its attachments and handheld hydraulic tools business to Epiroc AB
  • Holcim Ltd. in the planned separation and U.S. listing of its North American business
  • Apartment Investment and Management Company in its $10.4 billion reverse spin-off of Apartment Income REIT Corp. and in various acquisitions, dispositions and joint venture transactions
  • Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.1 billion initial business combination with BlackSky Holdings, Inc., a leading geospatial intelligence company
  • GX Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.25 billion initial business combination with Celularity Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company
  • GX Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $328 million initial business combination with NioCorp Developments Ltd., a U.S.-based mineral development company
  • Castik Capital in the combination of its portfolio company Waterlogic Group Holdings with Culligan International, a BDT Capital portfolio company
  • Apax Partners and its portfolio company Bonterra in Bonterra’s acquisition of WeSpire
  • OceanSound Partners and its portfolio company Netrix in Netrix’s acquisition of the managed IT services business unit of Contegix
  • FedEx Corporation in its settlement with activist shareholder D.E. Shaw

Mr. Khanin is actively involved in Skadden’s recruiting, corporate training and summer associate programs.

Credentials

Education

  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2019 (cum laude)
  • B.S., Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, 2016 (cum laude)

Admissions

  • New York

Daniil Khanin

Associate, Mergers and Acquisitions
daniil.khanin@skadden.com