Akerman represented Comvest Partners ("Comvest”), an operationally focused middle-market private investment firm, in its acquisition of Duke's Root Control, Inc. Duke's, based in Elgin, Ill., provides wastewater­ inspection, diagnostics, and remediation services to municipal customers. With the transaction, a carve-out from Douglas Products and Packaging Company, LLC, in partnership with management, Duke's becomes the second infrastructure services platform to join Comvest's private equity portfolio this year.

The Akerman team representing Comvest was led by M&A and Private Equity Practice Co-Chair Paul Quinn in West Palm Beach and corporate partner Andrew Hard in Washington, D.C. 

The deal was reported by Global Legal Chronicle.