DLA Piper announced today that Daniel J. Eisner, formerly of Proskauer LLP, has joined the firm as a partner. He will be resident in the New York and Miami offices.

Eisner served as chair of Proskauer’s Private Equity Group, where he advised on complex business transactions, including domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, restructurings, and venture and growth capital investments. His clients include leading middle market private equity firms and other corporate clients.

“Dan epitomizes the kind of first-rate talent we seek to bring on board,” said Roger Meltzer, Global Chair of DLA Piper’s Corporate and Finance Practice. “He brings extensive knowledge and technical acumen, which will broaden and deepen the transactional capabilities of our growing private equity practice in New York, as well as domestically and globally, a strategic focus for the firm. I expect Dan to be the principal leader of the firm’s growing New York presence in Private Equity. ” 

Previously, Eisner was a partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis. Prior to practicing law, he worked as an investment professional at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Citicorp and Bankers Trust Company. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University School of Law.

“I am very excited to join the talented lawyers at DLA Piper and to collaborate with them in continuing to build a market leading private equity practice,” said Eisner. “DLA Piper’s global footprint is unmatched, and the breadth and depth of its corporate practice is critical to the increasingly international needs of sophisticated private equity investor and corporate clients.”