— About

An entrepreneur first, and a business lawyer.

I am an attorney and serial entrepreneur who builds, scales, and accelerates companies internationally across multiple industries. I move organizations from idea, to execution, to scale.

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I grew my first company’s team and client base nationally in three months and internationally in month four. I give my clients the same skills and tactics that took me from nothing to international.

Most companies trying to grow hit the same set of problems at once. The legal infrastructure is not built for cross-border commercial relationships. The go-to-market strategy does not account for how buyers actually decide in new markets. The regulatory environment creates friction no one planned for. The capital is not structured to support the growth timeline.

I solve those problems together, not sequentially, at the intersection of legal, strategy, operations, and capital. I have built the teams, frameworks, and playbooks, and I see them through.

Daniel J. Klapper seated in a leather wingback chair
4 monthsFrom launch to international, my first company
$500M+*Combined value clients have been scaled to
80+Countries reached with clients and team

I. The firms

Every discipline at one table

Fox & Chester

Founder & Managing Principal

An integrated professional services firm operating nationally and internationally across legal, finance, tax and accounting, sales, distribution, import/export, and cross-border market entry.

Langer Law Group

Partner

Fox & Chester’s affiliated law firm: full-service business law with a focus on M&A and corporate law.

Multi-family office

Founder

Where founders go after the sale, to steward the wealth their companies created.

II. Recognition

Affiliations and recognition

  • Pitt Big Idea Center
  • Springboard Enterprises
  • Japan America Society of Pennsylvania
  • Allegheny Conference
  • Pittsburgh Business Exchange
  • UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation

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III. Giving back

Non-Profit Work

  • Community

    Growing a statewide anti-bullying campaign nationally through government, corporate, and community partners

  • Education

    Supporting a $10M community development project for university students in need

  • Elder support

    Building a national non-profit elder support initiative

— Let’s talk

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If you’re forming, buying, scaling, or selling a company, or facing a strategic inflection point that needs legal, commercial, and operational thinking at the same time, let’s talk.

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