Dan Zygielbaum is a partner in the Tax Department. Dan’s practice focuses on tax planning for investment funds, including fund formations, continuation fund transactions, GP-stakes deals, fund recapitalizations and fund secondary transactions. He also advises clients on the tax aspects of financings, public and private M&A, joint ventures, and capital markets transactions. Dan's clients include private equity, real estate, credit and venture fund sponsors, as well as sovereign wealth funds, REITs, and other public and private companies.
Dan is ranked by Chambers USA (2026) in the Tax category and has frequently spoken and written on topics regarding tax-related issues for several prominent legal publications and organizations.
Dan’s recent experience includes:
- SCI Capital Partners in its $1.6 billion structured continuation vehicle transaction in partnership with funds managed by Apollo
- Andros Capital Partners in its participation, as a lead investor, in a $1.6 billion continuation fund with respect to HG Energy
- Leonard Green & Partners in its private equity fund formations and continuation fund transactions
- Corebridge Financial in its real estate investment funds and multiple GP-led secondaries and co-investments
- EQT Exeter in its $4.9 billion U.S. Value Add Industrial Fund, its $3 billion U.S. Core Industrial Fund, as well as other industrial, multifamily and office funds and separate accounts
- Meridiam in its infrastructure transactions and fund formations
- Faropoint Ventures in its infrastructure fund formations and joint ventures
- Fairfield Residential in a variety of multifamily debt and equity funds and separate accounts
- Investcorp in its acquisition of a 50% stake in Corsair Capital’s infrastructure business
- Investcorp in its U.S. private equity and real estate funds, joint ventures and separate accounts
- Madison Realty Capital in its real estate debt and equity funds
- MGX in its participation in the $10 billion Series J financing round of Databricks
- Towers Watson in its $18 billion merger of equals with Willis Group
- CACI in its contested $7.2 billion bid for CSRA
- An institutional investor in the restructuring and conversion of its $4 billion real estate portfolio into a private REIT
- Rockpoint Group in the purchase of Spring Creek Towers, formerly known as Starrett City
- CIM and its partner in the sale of the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles to a partnership between DJM Capital Partners, Inc. and Gaw Capital
