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Daniel Aronson Application PackageAronson Daniel HNAME: Last Name First Name Middle Initial 1440 N. View Dr.Miami BeachHOME ADDRESS: Apt No.Home No./Street City Florida 33140 State Zip Code (305) 714-4377PHONE: Home Work daronson@bergersingerman.com Email Address Miami Street 1450 Brickell Ave. #1900 City Florida State 33131 Zip Code Address: Berger Singerman LLP Position:Business Name:Attorney Pursuant to City Code section 2-22(4) a and b: Members of agencies, boards, and committees shall be affiliated with the city; this requirement shall be fulfilled in the following ways: a) an individual shall have been a resident of the city for a minimum of six months; or b) an individual shall demonstrate ownership/interest for a minimum of six months in a business established in the city. YesƔ5HVLGHQWRI0LDPL%HDFKIRUDPLQLPXPRIVL[PRQWKV Ɣ'HPRQVWUDWHDQRZQHUVKLSLQWHUHVWLQDEXVLQHVVLQ0LDPL%HDFKIRUDPLQLPXPRIVL[PRQWKV Ɣ$UH\RXDUHJLVWHUHGYRWHULQ0LDPL%HDFK Ɣ3OHDVHcircle one): I am now a resident of: Ɣ,DPDSSO\LQJIRUDQDSSRLQWPHQWEHFDXVH,KDYHVSHFLDODELOLWLHVNQRZOHGJHDQGH[SHULHQFH3OHDVHOLVWEHORZ Ɣ$UH\RXSUHVHQWO\DUHJLVWHUHGOREE\LVWZLWKWKH&LW\RI0LDPL%HDFK" No Yes Middle Beach No Interest in Law Enforcement and relations with residents. Prior service, for many years, on the Police Citizen Relations Commit Please list your preferences in order of ranking [1] first choice [2] second choice, and [3] third choice. Please note that only three (3) choices will be observed by the City Clerk’s Office. (Regular Boards of City) Choice 1: Choice 2: Choice 3: Police/Citizens Relations Committee No2. Present participation in Youth Center activities by your children Note: If applying for Youth Advisory Board, please indicate your affiliation with the Scott Rakow Youth Center: 1. Past service on the Youth Center Advisory Board: No Years of Service: ages, and which programs. List below: if yes, please list the names of your children, their CITY OF MIAMI BEACH BOARD AND COMMITTEE APPLICATION FORM * Board members are required to file Form 1 – "Statement of Financial Interest" with the State. If you seek appointment to a professional seat (e.g., lawyer, architect, etc.) on the Board of Adjustment, Design Review Board, Historic Preservation Board or Planning Board, attach a copy of your currently-effectively license, and furnish the following information: Type of Professional License_______________________________ License Number ______________________________ License Issuance Date ___________________________________ License Expiration Date _______________________ Error: Subreport could not be shown. Error: Subreport could not be shown. NoƔHave you ever been convicted of a felony:If yes, please explain in detail: ƔDo you currently have a violation(s) of City of Miami Beach codes:No If yes, please explain in detail: ƔDo you currently owe the City of Miami Beach any money:No If yes, please explain in detail: ƔAre you currently serving on any City Boards or Committees:Yes If yes, which board? Police Citizen Relations Committee ƔWhat organizations in the City of Miami Beach do you currently hold membership in? ƔList all properties owned or have an interest in, which are located within the City of Miami Beach: Error: Subreport could not be shown. ƔI am now employed by the city of Miami Beach:No Which department? Error: Subreport could not be shown. The following information is voluntary and is neither part of your application nor has any bearing on your consideration for appointment. It is being asked to comply with federal equal opportunity reporting requirements. MaleGender: Physically Challenged:No White Race/Ethnic Categories What is your race? Mark one or more races to indicate what you consider yourself to be. Other Description: Are you Spanish/Hispanic/ Latino? Mark the "No" box if not Spanish / Hispanic / Latino.No NOTE: If appointed, you will be required to follow certain laws which apply to city board/committee members. These laws include, but are not limited to, the following: o Prohibition from directly or indirectly lobbying city personnel (Miami Beach City Code section 2-459). o Prohibition from contracting with the city (Miami-Dade County Code section 2-11.1). o Prohibition from lobbying before board/committee you have served on for period of one year after leaving office (Miami Beach Code section 2-26). o Requirement to disclose certain financial interests and gifts (Miami-Dade County Code section 2-11.1). (re: CMB Community Development Advisory Committee): prohibition, during tenure and for one year after leaving office, from having any interest in or receiving any benefit from Community Development Block Grant funds for either yourself, or those with whom you have business or immediate family ties (CFR 570.611). Upon request, copies of these laws may be obtained from the City Clerk. “I hereby attest to the accuracy and truthfulness of the application and have received, read and will abide by Chapter 2, Article VII – of the City Code “Standards of Conduct for City Officers, Employees and Agency Members.” I Daniel Aronson agreed to the following terms on 12/3/2019 12:53:33 PM Received in the City Clerk's Office by: Name of Deputy Clerk Control No. Date DANIEL H. ARONSON Partner (305) 714-4377 daronson@bergersingerman.com 1450 Brickell Avenue Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 Daniel H. (Danny) Aronson is a partner and chair of the firm's Corporate, Securities and M&A practice group. A nationally recognized corporate lawyer, Danny devotes his practice to counseling clients in all phases of their formation, growth, financing and transactional activities, including in initial entity selection and ongoing structuring, strategic planning, talent acquisition and retention, contract negotiations, sophisticated financings and joint ventures, venture capital and private equity transactions, and domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Danny also has extensive experience in general corporate and securities matters, including advising clients in their private and public securities offerings (including IPOs and secondary offerings) as well as securities reporting and compliance matters. Danny advises clients of all shapes and sizes, including entrepreneurs, closely-held and family businesses, emerging and high-growth private concerns, mid-cap and Fortune 100 public companies, substantial family offices and private investment funds, and their boards, management and significant owners. He serves clients across a broad range of sectors, with specific industry experience in automobile dealerships, business services, consumer products, energy, financial services, food and beverage, gaming, healthcare, insurance, life sciences, logistics, marine products, media and entertainment, medical devices, security systems, software and information technology and telecommunications. Consistently recognized as a leading practitioner and contributor to the legal profession, Danny is nationally "ranked" and recognized by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers, Who's Who Legal, Florida Trend Legal Elite and other publications. He serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, former Chair of the Florida Venture Forum and Florida Venture Capital Conference, member of the University of bergersingerman.com Florida's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center Executive Advisory Board and a frequent author, panel moderator and speaker, including as a faculty member of the annual Federal Securities Institute. Danny also participates in drafting and commenting on Florida's corporate, LLC and M&A-related statutes, including various revisions over the years, through Florida Bar Business Law Section subcommittees and task forces, to the Florida Business Corporation Act. Education J.D., New York University School of Law Editor-in-Chief, Annual Survey of American Law B.A., Vanderbilt University Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude Bar Admissions Florida New York Practice Teams Business, Finance & Tax Practice Areas Corporate Corporate Governance Fund Formation Internal & Corporate Investigations and Compliance International & Cross Border Transactions Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity & Venture Capital Securities & Capital Markets Representative Matters Danny has advised and assisted clients, in a variety of markets and business cycles, in structuring, negotiating and successfully closing hundreds of millions of dollars of equity and debt financing transactions and billions of dollars in merger, acquisition and sale transactions. Representative clients and services, grouped by industry sector, include: Communications: IDS Telcom and Seven Seas Communications (structuring, governance, financing and sell-side M&A); Peoples Telephone (board representation, governance, financing and public securities compliance) Consumer Products / Retail: Champion Products, Elder-Beerman Stores and Vector Products (governance, financing and sell-side M&A); American Stores (M&A / acquisitions); and Tata Harper Skincare (structuring, governance, private equity financings) Energy / Resources: American Natural Resources (governance, financing and sell-side M&A); FPL Group bergersingerman.com (board representation and governance; securities compliance and reporting); Florida Steel Corp. and NL Industries (board representation; public securities offerings; and sell-side LBO / M&A); and Siegel Oil & Gas (sell-side M&A) Financial Services / Insurance: The CHELA Financial Companies and The Seitlin Companies (board representation, governance and sell-side M&A); Servus Financial Corp. (structuring, spin-off transaction, financing and sell-side M&A); and Southeast Banking Corp. (board representation and governance) Food & Beverage / Restaurants / Gaming: Churchill Downs and Penn National Gaming (buy-side M&A); Fontainebleau Las Vegas (sell-side M&A); McDonalds (financing, board representation and governance); Offerdahl's (structuring, governance and sell-side M&A); Pollo Tropical (structuring, roll-up, financing, IPO and sell-side M&A) Hotels & Resorts: Hilton Hotels (financing and governance); Travel Services International (board and governance representations; buy-side M&A; IPO) Healthcare & Life Sciences / Physician & Medical Groups: American Laboratories (structuring, governance, VC investment transaction); AmeriPath (structuring, governance, financings, buy-side M&A and IPO); Anesthetix (sell-side M&A); Miami Jewish Health Systems (governance and financing) Logistics / Security: Integrated Security Systems (structuring, governance and sell-side M&A); Ryder Corp (board representation and governance; securities compliance and reporting) Media & Entertainment: The Poynter Institute for Media Studies (board representation and governance), Ingersoll Newspapers (equity and debt financings; buy-side M&A), Knight-Ridder (McClatchy) (board representation and governance; securities compliance and reporting) Medical Devices: Johnson and Johnson, McKesson Corp, Bioheart, Symbiosis (corporate, securities/financing, governance, compliance and/or M&A matters) Pharmaceuticals: Johnson and Johnson, McKesson Corp, Andrx Corp., C.R. Bard, Schering-Plough, Noven Pharmaceuticals (corporate, securities/financing, governance, compliance and/or M&A matters) Danny has also counseled private equity, LBO, venture capital, private investment and secured debt/real estate opportunity funds in fund formation, strategic positioning, investment, acquisition, governance, dispute resolution and "exit" activities. Significant fund clients (including representing portfolio companies, investments and affiliates) have included: Apax Partners, Apollo Global Management, Citicorp Venture Capital, Draper Atlantic (New Atlantic Ventures), H.I.G. Capital, GTCR, HPH Capital Management, H&P Capital Management, Merrill Lynch Capital Management, Noro-Moseley Partners, Snapper Creek Equity Management, Southeast Ventures, Stonehenge Growth Equity, Summit Partners, Tres Mares Group, Trivest Partners, Warburg Pincus Ventures, Vestar Capital Partners and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. Awards & Honors Best Lawyers in America® Recognized (2006 to present) in Corporate, Securities/Capital Markets, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity, Venture Capital and Mergers & Acquisitions Law Categories Best Lawyers' 2019 Venture Capital Law Lawyer of the Year (Miami) Best Lawyers' 2018 Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law Lawyer of the Year (Miami) Best Lawyers' 2015 Venture Capital Law Lawyer of the Year (Miami) Best Lawyers' 2014 Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law Lawyer of the Year (Miami) Best Lawyers' 2014 Venture Capital Law Lawyer of the Year (Miami) Best Lawyers' 2012 Venture Capital Law Lawyer of the Year (Miami) Best Lawyers' 2011 Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year (Miami) Chambers and Partners USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers, Corporate/M&A and Private Equity (Florida), 2006 to present Who's Who Legal, The International Who's Who of Merger & Acquisition Lawyers, 2007 to present bergersingerman.com Who's Who Legal, M&A and Governance, 2019 Florida Trend, Legal Elite, 2005 to present Florida Super Lawyers, 2006 to present South Florida Legal Guide, Top Lawyers, 2005 to present Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Preeminent™ rated Community Activities / Associations Adjunct Professor, University of Florida Levin College of Law (Gainesville, FL), 1993-present (Corporations and Securities Regulation classes; Securities Regulation, Business Documents Drafting and Business Transactions and Document Drafting courses) Florida Venture Forum Chair of the Board, 2015-2016, 1997 and 1998 Executive Committee and Board Member, 1998-present Chair or Co-Chair, Florida Venture Capital Conference, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Executive Advisory Board, University of Florida (Warrington College of Business) Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center, 1998 to present Faculty Member and Moderator/Panelist, Annual Federal Securities Institute, 2001 to present The Florida Bar, Business Law Section, Corporations, Securities & Financial Services Committee (and various legislation drafting and revision subcommittees and task forces) American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Committees on Business Education, Federal Regulation of Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Private Equity and Venture Capital (and various subcommittees) Greater Miami Jewish Federation, Planning and Distribution Committee City of Miami Beach, Police-Citizens Relations Committee Prior Affiliations Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod (2007-March 2010) Greenberg Traurig (1992-2007) Steel Hector & Davis (1989-1992) Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz (1984-1989) Events & Speaking Engagements Danny Aronson, Speaker & Panelist, "Perspectives on Cutting-Edge Issues in Venture Capital and Private Equity," 2019 ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting September 12, 2019 Danny Aronson, Moderator & Speaker, "Current Issues & Themes Impacting Private Equity Transactions," 37th Annual Federal Securities Institute February 12, 2019 Danny Aronson, Speaker, "Developments in Private Equity & Venture Capital Deals," 36th Annual Federal Securities Institute February 1, 2018 bergersingerman.com Danny Aronson, Speaker, "The Florida Venture Forum's Economic Impact on the State of Florida Address," 27th Annual Florida Venture Capital Conference January 30, 2018 Danny Aronson, Moderator & Speaker, "Selected Venture Capital and Private Equity Topics," 35th Annual Federal Securities Institute February 8, 2017 Danny Aronson, Speaker, Welcome and Opening Remarks, 26th Annual Florida Venture Capital Conference February 2, 2017 Danny Aronson, Moderator, "Venture Capital & Private Equity for Smaller Company Transactions," 35th Annual Federal Securities Institute February 8, 2016 Danny Aronson, Moderator, "Venture Capital and Private Equity Funding for Smaller Company Transactions," 34th Annual Federal Securities Institute February 4, 2016 Danny Aronson, Speaker, Welcome and Opening Remarks, 25th Annual Florida Venture Capital Conference January 28, 2016 Danny Aronson, Moderator & Speaker, "Investment and Innovation in Florida Healthcare Ventures," 2015 Annual Florida Venture Capital Conference January 29, 2015 In the News Twenty-one Berger Singerman Attorneys Listed in South Florida Legal Guide as Top Attorneys November 1, 2019 Thirty Berger Singerman Attorneys Recognized in the 2020 Edition of Best Lawyers In America August 15, 2019 Twenty-Eight Berger Singerman Attorneys Recognized in 2019 Edition of Florida Super Lawyers May 30, 2019 Berger Singerman Recognized by Chambers USA for Sixteenth Consecutive Year April 25, 2019 South Florida Legal Guide Names 21 Berger Singerman Attorneys as Top Lawyers March 8, 2019 Thirty Berger Singerman Attorneys Recognized in the 2019 Edition of Best Lawyers In America August 15, 2018 Thirty-One Berger Singerman Attorneys Recognized in 2018 Edition of Florida Super Lawyers June 18, 2018 Berger Singerman Recognized by Chambers USA for 15th Consecutive Year May 3, 2018 South Florida Legal Guide Names 23 Berger Singerman Attorneys as Top Lawyers January 10, 2018 New Study Unveils Florida Economic Impacts of Florida Venture Forum Programs Generated an $8.8 Billion Impact Over 16 Year Period August 28, 2017 bergersingerman.com Thirty Berger Singerman Attorneys Recognized in the 2018 Edition of Best Lawyers In America August 15, 2017 Seven Berger Singerman Attorneys Recognized in the 2017 Edition of Florida Trend's "Legal Elite" June 22, 2017 Thirty-Two Berger Singerman Attorneys Recognized in the 2017 Super Lawyers Florida Edition June 9, 2017 Berger Singerman Receives High Marks by Chambers USA for Fourteenth Consecutive Year May 30, 2017 Twenty-Eight Berger Singerman Attorneys Recognized in the 2017 Edition of Best Lawyers In America August 15, 2016 Twelve Berger Singerman Attorneys Recognized in the 2016 Edition of Florida Trend June 22, 2016 Thirty-Six Berger Singerman Attorneys Recognized in the 2016 Super Lawyers Florida Edition June 14, 2016 Berger Singerman Receives High Marks by Chambers USA for Thirteenth Consecutive Year June 2, 2016 bergersingerman.com