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Dan Cooper is a shareholder in Reinhart’s Corporate Law Practice, where he has created a unique practice centered on representing high-performing innovative thinkers and their pioneering companies. He applies an innovator-centric approach to handling startup legal infrastructure design; governance agreements; fundraising strategy and documentation at all stages, including seed, series A, growth and beyond; commercial contracts; intellectual property protection; equity incentive planning; conflict management and resolution; and exit strategy, structure and execution. Dan works with local, regional, national and international clients as a strategic adviser, providing business-focused legal advice designed to help fully realize their ultimate ambitions.
Dan serves innovators across a wide spectrum of technologies and business segments, including SaaS technology, medical device, software development, tech-enabled services, automated marketing technology and innovative manufacturing, among others. His practice is founded on creating personal trust-based relationships with bold innovative thinkers. Whether connecting virtually or live, Dan is committed to developing a deep understanding of innovators’ business needs and relentlessly pursuing solutions to help them succeed. Finding personal fulfillment in supporting innovators and helping to enable their innovative success, Dan’s clients appreciate his personable yet professional disposition while tailoring value-enhancing legal solutions at the intersection of business and law and at the speed of innovation.
Away from the office, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife Karen and three children, Daniel, Titus and Eden, and reading about economics, business and innovation.
Geographically Diverse Medical Device Development Company Formed by a Worldwide Group of Innovators Based in Sweden, Italy, Norway and Colorado
$19M Series A Investment Capital Round
$5M Convertible Note Round
$3M Angel Convertible Note Round
Startup Structure and Governance Design
Key Commercial Contracts
Strategic Service Provider Equity Planning
Board Protocol Management
Data Privacy Compliance
Conflict Resolution
International Innovator Group and its Silicon Valley-Based Wearable Tech Company
$25M Series A Financing Term Sheet and Funding Process
Software Development Company Formed and Led by Innovators Based in Chicago and Lithuania
$300M Exit Transaction to Strategic Buyer
$12M Ancillary Technology Business Spin-Off Sale
Commercial Contract and Intellectual Property Protection Initiative
Tax Efficient Management Incentive Equity Program
Post-Transaction Innovator-Centric Estate Planning
SaaS Platform Company Based in Milwaukee
$100M Exit Transaction to Financial Buyer
$8M Series C Growth Capital Round
Strategic Revenue Building Add-On Acquisition
Intellectual Property Protection and Trademark Initiative
Tech-Enabled Food Company Based in Madison and San Antonio
Company Debt, Equity and Governance Structuring
Labor and Employment Support
Phantom Equity Plan Design
SaaS Platform Company Based in Milwaukee
Early-Stage International Migration to the United States
$5M Seed Preferred Capital Round
Employee and Contractor Onboarding
Data Privacy Compliance
Video Game Software Development Company Based in Chicago and New Orleans
$50M Exit Transaction to Collaborative Strategic Exit Partner
Video Game Software Development Company Based in Ohio with Key Contractors in Spain and Other Diverse Worldwide Locations
$32M Exit Transaction to Collaborative Strategic Exit Partner
Automated Marketing Technology Company Based in Chicago
Tax-Optimization Restructuring
Complex Labor Litigation Management and Resolution
Office Space Leasing and Sub-Leasing Support
$40M Exit Transaction to Financial Acquisition Partner
Data Privacy Compliance
Geographically Diverse Startup with Innovators in California, Illinois, Florida and Ohio
Diverse Strategic Commercial Contract Matters
Regulatory Compliance Initiative
Trademark Portfolio Development Plan
Special Finance Counsel for Participation in Financial Incentive Programs
Geographically Diverse Startup with Innovators in Silicon Valley, Vancouver, Chicago and Milwaukee
Startup Legal Infrastructure
Founder Governance Contracts
Early-Stage Strategic Regulatory counsel
Tech-Enabled Medical Services Company Based in Memphis
Startup Legal Infrastructure
Founder Equity and Governance Design
Innovative Pharmaceutical Industry Company Based in San Francisco
409A Tax Compliance Initiative
Innovative Company Based in San Francisco and Bangalore
Complex Convertible Note-to-Equity Conversion
Clean Energy Software and Consulting Services Company Based in New York and Connecticut
Strategic Vendor/Partner Contract and Licensing Support
Technology-Enabled Services Company Based in Milwaukee
$1M Seed Investment Round by a Strategic Investor Partner
SaaS Technology Company Based in Milwaukee
Convertible Safe Round Offering
Wearable Technology Company Based in Silicon Valley
Company Formation
Legal Infrastructure Design
$2M Convertible Safe Financing Round
Office Leasing
Trademark Strategy and Application
Key Related Party Contracts
Dan applies strategic legal counselling through the lens of his core value-adding principles for innovative companies:
Maximize future strategic flexibility and speed to capitalize on opportunities through intelligent legal design; minimize overcomplexity/legal legacy cost and future constraints (lost opportunity) based on legal structure
Use customer, vendor, employee and contractor terms to protect company intellectual property and avoid long-term value erosion
Plan to avoid tax traps (particularly in incentive equity and financing terms) that result in hidden costs and reduce future flexibility
Use legal quality to demonstrate competency to, and inspire and justify confidence from, company investors and other stakeholders through proactive design for intelligent process control for legal compliance generally
Design securities compliance strategy, commercial contract terms, service provider arrangements and clean capitalization table management, to contain and minimize future conflict exposure and cost
Dan is passionate about fostering connections, thinking creatively and aligning with his clients’ innovative spirit. He is the founder of Reinhart Genesis, an initiative aimed at understanding and supporting world class innovators. Dan is deeply invested in his work and spent years visiting Tech Hubs across the United States to network with innovators in a cross-section of technologies and business sectors, to promote connections and to gain insight into innovator-specific needs.
Education
- J.D., University of Michigan Law School
- LL.M. in Taxation, New York University School of Law
- B.A., with honors, Michigan State University
Bar Admissions
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Bar Association