Daniel Novela Resume 12/16/09DANIEL NOVELA (305) 371-6711
5242 Pine Tree Drive, Miami Beach Florida 33140 dnovela@novelalaw.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
NOVELA & ASSOCIATES, P.A., Miami, FL
Founding Partner -- October 2002 -Present
Novela & Associates focuses on corporate, real estate and entertainment transactional law.
Experience: Over ten years of experience negotiated, drafting and closing complex transactions in the
corporate, entertainment and real estate areas of law.
STEEL HECTOR & DAMS, Miami, FL
Associate -- Corporate, Apri12001 -October 2002
Corporate Experience: Acted as outside general counsel for numerous companies, negotiated and drafted
numerous general corporate agreements including stock purchase agreements, security
agreements, licensing agreements, letter agreements, distribution agreements, employment
agreements and stock option agreements.
TVG (TELEVISION GAMES NETWORK), Los Angeles, CA
Senior Corporate Counsel --August 2000 -March 2001
As the sole attorney for a cable television startup in the Los Angeles office, prepared all
necessary entertainment and corporate agreements and documents relating to the TVG cable
network including talent agreement, licensing agreement, anchor agreements, and negotiation
with cable carries and sister cable companies at Fox Television and 20th Century Fox Pictures.
Corporate Experience: Prepared a bid for the privatization of the New York City Off-Track Betting
Corporation for in excess of $200 million, prepared numerous term sheets regarding possible
spin-offs and alliances concerning TVG's wagering aspects; drafted agreements related to the
TVG web site including licensing agreements, Internet merchandizing agreements, privacy
policies, web marketing agreements; drafted and negotiated cable distribution agreements, TV
commercial agreements, direct on-air sales programming agreements, simulcast agreements, on-
airtalent agreements, voice-over agreements and managed outside counsel.
CHRISTENSEN, MILLER, FINK, JACOBS, GLASER, WEIL & SHAPIRO, LosAngeles,CA
Associate -- Corporate, December 1998 -August 2000
Entertainment and Corporate Experience: Drafted and negotiated film finance, production and
distribution agreements, film merchandising agreements, licensing agreements, Internet service
agreements, security and pledge agreements, distribution agreements, employment agreements,
shareholder agreements, stock option agreements, charter documents for corporations and LLCs,
and numerous other related corporate and entertainment industry agreements and documents.
Securities and M&A Experience: Drafted S-1/prospectus for an Internet company IPO and prepared,
reviewed and negotiated related offering agreements including the underwriting agreement and
registration rights agreement, prepared numerous S-3 registration statements including shelf
registrations, prepared an S-4/proxy statement in relation to a merger, drafted a merger agreement
with regards to a merger transaction for equity and debt assumption in excess of $6 billion,
drafted and reviewed numerous 34 Act filings for seasoned and startup clients.
MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & MCCLOY, Los Angeles, CA
Associate -- Corporate, July 1997 -December 1998
M&A Experience: Drafted and negotiated asset purchase agreements, merger agreements, contribution
agreements and security agreements and deeds of trusts, drafted agreements for a substantial
investment in a power generation project in Argentina and Guatemala and coordinated with local
counsel.
Securities Experience: Drafted 144A high-yield related documents including a registration rights
agreement and sections of an offering memorandum; prepared sections of a Form 10, S-1 and S-
11 for a corporation converting into a REIT; drafted an S-4/Proxy for a reincorporation merger;
drafted 34 Act filings including lOKs, lOQs, 13Ds, 13Gs, and Form 3, 4, & Ss; and conducted
due diligence on several 144A high-yield transaction.
ARMSTRONG, TEASDALE, SCHLAFLY & DAMS, Kansas City, MO
Associate -- Corporate and Real Estate, August 1996 -June 1997
General Corporate Experience: Drafted deeds of trust, security agreements, distribution
agreements, employment agreements, and other related general corporate documents.
BAR MEMBER: Missouri 1996, California 1998, Florida 2002
EDUCATION:
TULANE LAW SCHOOL, New Orleans, LA
Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1996
Honors: Selected as a "1995 National NHSF Scholar" by the NHSF/National Hispanic Bar Association;
Recipient of the "Joseph Bostick Merit Scholarship"
Activities: Committee Chairman, La Alianza Del Derecho; Student Advocate, The POPS Program
(Program for Older Prisoners); Tutor for corporate law; Phi Delta Phi
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Miami, FL
Bachelor of Business Administration, 1993
Majors: International Business; Marketing
Honors: Academic Honors 1993
Activities: Chairman, Inter-Fraternity Council; Vice-President, FIU Law Association; 1992 Honor
Delegate, Phi Delta Theta Leadership College, Social Chairman, Phi Delta Theta.
Self-Financed Undergraduate Education
L' UNIVERSITA' LORENZO DE MEDICI, Florence, Italy
Area of Concentration: Renaissance Architecture and Design, 1991
COMMUNITY: Executive Committee, MAM (Miami Art Museum) Contemporaries; Founding
Member, MAM Young Collectors Circle; Former Member, Miami Beach
Hispanic Affairs Committee.
INTEREST: Contemporary art, gardening, architecture and design, music and travel (traveled
extensively throughout Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and Morocco)
LANGUAGES: Fluent in Spanish