Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, represented Acorn Health, LLC, a portfolio company of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board. Acorn, a national provider of applied behavior analysis for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, acquired another applied behavioral services provider in a transaction that closed on July 11, 2022.

The transaction, for an undisclosed amount, was led by Akerman M&A and Private Equity Practice Co-Chair Martin Burkett in Fort Lauderdale and included corporate associates Santiago Assalini and Matthew Sawyer in Miami.

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