Daniel Zhivanaj is an Attorney in the Los Angeles office of Buchalter, and is a member of the Firm’s Corporate Practice Group. Mr. Zhivanaj has represented clients in a wide array of industries at every stage of the business life-cycle, from entity formation and general corporate matters, to mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Zhivanaj’s practice maintains a heavy emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, advising both buyers and sellers throughout exit transactions.

  • Represented Golden Packing Meat Purveyors, a leading meat supplier to high end restaurants and hotels, in its sale to Baldor Foods
  • Represented Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a provider of data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, in its strategic acquisition of MonitorBase
  • Represented Lemon Squeezy, an all-in-one payment, tax, email and affiliate marketing platform, in its sale to Stripe
  • Represented AB Airbags, a national supplier of dunnage airbags and accessory tools products, in its sale to Shur-Co
  • Represented Salt & Stone, Inc., a skin and body care company, in its investment by Humble Growth Partners
  • Represented Endeavor Capital and the other equity holders of Johnny Was, a luxury apparel brand, in the $270,000,000 sale of Johnny Was to Oxford Industries.
  • Represented Meaningful Partners, a private equity firm, in its investment in M2 Ingredients, a nutraceuticals company focused on organic functional mushrooms.
  • Represented ProSearch Strategies, a top-tier provider of eDiscovery and search solutions, in a sale of ProSearch Strategies to Consello Partners.
  • Represented Patrick Ta Beauty, a luxury makeup brand, in its investment by Stride Consumer Partners.
  • Represented Jaya Apparel Group, a contemporary fashion company, in its investment by Brand Velocity Group.
  • Represented an elevated women’s fashion company in an investment by a private equity firm.
  • Represented a Bakersfield-based agricultural company in its acquisition by a private equity firm.

Mr. Zhivanaj earned his J.D. from UCLA School of Law. While in law school, he competed on UCLA’s Transactional Law and Mock Trial Teams. As a Mock Trial competitor, he finished in 1st Place in the SFVBA Mock Trial Competition and was a Pacific 2 Regional Finalist (2nd Place) in the AAJ STAC Mock Trial Competition. Mr. Zhivanaj graduated from William Paterson University of New Jersey with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.