Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced that it has represented Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc., the world's largest Burger King^® franchisee, in connection with a $71.3 million public offering of the company's common stock, underwritten by Raymond James & Associates and Stephens, Inc. The deal was completed on April 30, 2014.

The Akerman team representing Carrols Restaurant Group was led by Wayne Wald, the Corporate Practice Group leader in Akerman's New York office, partner  Palash Pandya, Frank Cordero, Federal Tax Practice Chair, and associates Dalia De Leon and Anne Cataldo.

Akerman has represented Carrols Restaurant Group in several other noteworthy transactions, including a secondary underwritten public offering of more than 4 million shares of common stock in 2012, and the acquisition of 278 Burger King Corporation company-owned restaurants. Akerman also represented Carrols Restaurant Group in the spin-off into an independent public company of its former wholly owned subsidiary, Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc., which owns, operates and franchises the Pollo Tropical^® and Taco Cabana^® restaurant brands.

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Akerman LLP is a leading transactions and trial law firm known for its core strengths in middle market M&A, within the financial services and real estate industries, and for a diverse Latin America practice. With more than 600 lawyers and government affairs professionals and a network of 20 offices, it is ranked among the top 100 law firms in the United States by The National Law Journal NLJ 350 (2014). Akerman also is ranked among the top 50 law firms for diversity in The American Lawyer's Diversity Scorecard (2014).

Akerman is recognized by U.S. News - Best Lawyers as a leading U.S. law firm for corporate, M&A, private equity, securities/capital markets and securities regulation law. In addition, Akerman's Corporate Practice Group is recognized by The Legal 500 within the National Firms - Middle Market category and ranks first by Chambers USA for corporate/M&A in Florida. Akerman's Corporate Practice Group advises public and private companies, including private equity funds, on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, financings and other transactional matters, with a strong focus on the middle market.

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