Dalyn passionately serves his community through mentorship and volunteering in the DC Metro area, Virginia, Texas, Missouri, and Maryland. He has represented traditionally marginalized communities, individuals seeking asylum, veterans with disabilities, and victims of domestic violence in various legal matters through his pro bono practice. He has also advised nonprofits on technology-related transactions, data privacy, and cybersecurity concerns.

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• Affiliates of WCAS and Managed Market Insights & Technology in connection with MMIT’s $1.6 billion merger with Evaluate*
• Achieve Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake in Boclips, an online educational video platform*
• Great Hill Partners on its pending strategic majority investment in a newly formed organisation comprising Vivup, a leading provider of health and well-being benefits, and Perkbox, an award-winning global benefits and reward platform*
• KKR on its majority acquisition of Biosynth Carbosynth, a Swiss life sciences reagents and custom synthesis and manufacturing services company*
• Apollo on its acquisition of three student accommodation assets in the UK for a combined transaction value of approximately £161 million*
• A leading US private equity sponsor on the structuring, implementation and administration of management equity plans for certain portfolio companies*
• A publicly listed healthcare infrastructure REIT on the reorganization of its global holding structure and real estate portfolio*
• An international asset management firm on its acquisition of a two million square-foot real estate portfolio in Germany, Spain, and Poland*
• A global logistics firm on its £473 million disposal of an industrial properties portfolio to a leading investment fund*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

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• H.I.G. Capital on the acquisition of Rainham Industrial Services Limited, a leading UK provider of industrial installation, maintenance, and refurbishment services to the power generation, energy from waste, nuclear and manufacturing sectors
• Apollo (through certain investment funds affiliated therewith) and its portfolio, Catalina, on the disposal of Catalina Insurance Ireland, an Irish insurance company regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland, to Riverstone, the largest provider of legacy solutions in the Lloyd’s market (and backed by CVC Capital)*
• Certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management on the successful launch of a 50:50 joint venture with illimity Bank S.p.A., aimed at investing up to €500 million euro in NPL and UTP loans secured by real estate assets in Italy*
• EQT Private Equity and PRO Unlimited in PRO Unlimited’s acquisition of outsourced workforce management provider Geometric Results, Inc.*
• EQT Partners Inc. in the merger of its portfolio company, FocusVision, with Confirmit, a portfolio company of Verdane*
• One Equity Partners and Buckthorn Partners in connection with their acquisition of Amey UK plc from Ferrovial*
• OpenGate Capital on its carve-out acquisition of Maersk Training A/S (including its subsidiary Maersk H2S Safety Services) from A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners-backed cleversoft group on its acquisition of UK-based FS Assist, a specialist in regulatory reporting software for insurers and pension providers
• Main Capital Partners and their portfolio company Foconis, a leading software partner for financial institutions in the DACH region, on the acquisition of Swiss MACD AG, a leading provider of trading connectivity
• Crayhill Capital Management on the US$300 million financing and investment for unybrands, an integrated platform for e-commerce businesses*
• A global private equity firm on its acquisition of a global aviation services company
• A private equity firm on its acquisition of various consultancy businesses
• A private equity firm on its acquisition of a cyber security company
• A global investment management firm on the financing of a sale and leaseback transaction for the headquarters of an automotive business*

Corporate M&A:

• Medicover on its sale, alongside minority shareholders, of 100 per cent of equity in Medicover Hospitals India, to funds managed by global investment firm KKR for approximately €1.2 billion
• A global insurance and annuity provider on its acquisition of a UK-based impact investment manager*
• Huma on its acquisition of iPLATO Healthcare*

Private Equity Distressed/Restructuring:

• Atento in its successful UK restructuring plans*
• H.I.G. Capital in respect the restructuring of its portfolio, Cabonline Group Holding AB, the largest taxi network in the Nordics, which operates in Sweden, Norway and Finland, with respect to its financial indebtedness owed to a consortium of Nordic and international institutional investors*
• A member of the ad hoc group of noteholders of Food Delivery Brands S.A. (FDB, f/k/a Telepizza) in FDB’s restructuring through a Spanish restructuring plan*
• An asset-backed special opportunities fund on the enforcement of its security granted in connection with a senior secured loan to take control of the business following default by the debtor group*
• Travelex on its financial and operational restructuring. The deal was awarded the Large Company Turnaround of the Year award at the Institute for Turnaround’s annual awards. *

Minority Investment/Structured Equity/Venture Capital:

• Tether, the largest company in the digital assets industry, in its acquisition of a minority equity stake in Bit2Me, the leading Spanish-speaking digital asset platform.
• A global private equity firm’s co-investment into GEMS Education, a UAE-based education and ancillary services provider (which is owned by a Brookfield led consortium)
• WestCap Management, LLC, as lead investor, in the Series B financing for Sharegain, a leading capital markets infrastructure fintech. At the time, this round was the largest series B to date in the securities lending industry*
• KKR on its investment in Nordic Bioscience, a Danish biomarker development company*
• A healthcare investment fund on its investment in the Series B financing of a Belgian growth factor biology drug developer*
• A healthcare investment fund on its investment in the Series C financing of an English biotechnology company*

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott

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Joseph’s litigation experience includes cases involving complex commercial and bankruptcy litigation. He advises on all facets of blockchain and FinTech-related legal matters, many of which are matters of first impression in an evolving regulatory landscape.

While earning his law degree, Joseph served as a legal intern for Jet Protocol Holdings, LLC, a decentralized finance lending protocol built on the Solana blockchain. He also served as a regulatory policy intern at the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and was lead articles editor of the German Law Journal.

Prior to law school, Joseph interned at the Financial Frauds Bureau of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

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While in law school, Priya was an article and notes editor for the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review. She is also the author of “Does ChatGPT Pass the Test for Giving Tax Advice?” published in Nassau Lawyer.

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Katelyn regularly supports multinational organizations on high visibility issues that shape trust in digital products and global data flows. Her work spans incident response, AI governance, and regulatory strategy, including advising on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Stored Communications Act, the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act, Securities and Exchange Commision disclosure rules, as well as emerging sectoral, age verification, and biometric privacy laws.

Katelyn regularly serves as a subject matter expert on technical and online privacy issues. She is a lead author on amicus briefs in NetChoice v. Lynch, Chatrie v. United States, and multiple state-level age verification challenges, offering the US Supreme Court expert analysis on geofence warrants and the constitutional implications of age verification mandates.

Prior to joining the firm, Katelyn served as the global policy lead for law enforcement and government access at a major technology company, where she directed global strategy on cybercrime, data localization and retention, and government access frameworks. She leverages this experience when guiding clients through data security incidents, government inquiries, and the development of robust cybersecurity and privacy programs.

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