Marc Adesso focuses his practice on representing emerging and established capital markets participants, including issuers, underwriters, and C-Suite executives. With broad-ranging experience advising public and private companies, including special purpose acquisition companies (SPACS) and real…

Kenneth Alberstadt is a senior member of the firm’s Corporate Department. Ken’s practice focuses on M&A, private equity, growth capital and early-stage financing transactions. He has extensive experience representing private equity sponsors, public and private companies and management teams in…

Internationally recognized for his cross-border, Latin America, and U.S. experience, Arturo Banegas Masiá represents financial institutions, telecommunication companies, Fortune 100 companies, and buyers and sellers in corporate, finance, and restructuring transactions. He has been recognized across…

Ricardo Bernard focuses his practice on private equity, venture capital, M&A, and general corporate matters. He regularly advises investment firms and their portfolio companies in connection with domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, buyouts, joint ventures, restructurings, and other…

David Birke serves as Co-Chair of Akerman’s Corporate Practice Group. David’s practice focuses on representing private equity funds, family offices and their portfolio companies in complex acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, restructurings, growth capital investments, and debt and equity…

An experienced corporate lawyer, Lorenzo Borgogni represents public and private companies in sophisticated domestic and cross-border transactions, with a focus on U.S. inbound M&A transactions by foreign buyers. Lorenzo has structured, negotiated, and completed more than $40 billion worth of…

Martin Burkett serves as co-chair of Akerman's M&A and Private Equity Practice. Martin represents public and private companies and private equity funds in a variety of corporate transactions, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions. Martin's practice includes structuring and…

Sandy Davis advises privately-held and publicly-traded companies, high-net worth investors, and investment funds on a broad range of U.S. and international tax matters. His practice is both transactional and advisory, focusing on corporate, M&A, partnership, finance, joint venture, real estate,…

With a practice devoted to M&A, private equity and venture capital investments, and investment fund formation, Max Drake counsels business entities and their owners through all stages of development, from startup, to growth financing, to ultimate sale. Clients rely on Max's practical general…

Mario Fallone focuses his practice on venture capital, private equity, and general corporate matters, with an emphasis on representing startups, strategic investors, and venture capital funds in all aspects of venture financings, including initial and follow-on financings with preferred equity and…

Andrea Fisher is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group, focusing on complex business middle market transactions and private company mergers and acquisitions. She possesses significant experience in a wide variety of sophisticated and strategic business, financial and legal transactions,…

A leading corporate and securities lawyer, Paul Foley serves as Chair of Akerman’s Investment Management Practice Group. Paul also serves as the Managing Partner of Akerman’s North Carolina office. He offers his clients practical, business-oriented solutions. Paul focuses his practice on…

Jed Freeland represents buyers and sellers in M&A, leveraged buyout and recapitalization transactions with a focus on representing private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in a wide range of industries. Jed also has broad experience in corporate restructurings, debt and equity…

Michael Fulks is an experienced transactional attorney with a wide-ranging corporate practice. Described as a “rising star” with “an incredible work ethic” in Chambers USA’s Corporate/M&A rankings, Michael counsels entrepreneurs, investors, and businesses of all sizes on key business…

Stephen Glazier focuses his practice on patent and technology matters, including patent prosecution, litigation, transactions, licensing, strategic counseling, opinion letters, responses to demand letters, due diligence, equity transactions for technology companies, intellectual property…

Will Hoy focuses his practice on the representation of private equity sponsors, family offices and their portfolio companies in complex mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, rollup strategies and growth equity financing transactions, including creating and capitalizing platform…

Peter R. Hurm is a strategic consultant and legal advisor to companies and the people who run them. He is a partner and corporate transactional attorney with Akerman where his practice focuses on the representation of publicly traded and privately held companies in the areas of corporate finance,…

Dan Jacobson advises private equity funds and mid-size public and private entities, family offices and high net worth individuals with respect to their material or non-routine business transactions including mergers and acquisitions and debt and equity financings and investments. His practice is…

Focused on M&A, corporate, and general business matters, Fran Kleiner represents public and privately held companies in all aspects of their businesses, including formation, structuring, organization, financings, and day-to-day operational matters. Her broad experience covers a spectrum of…

Karyn Koiffman represents private equity funds, family offices, private companies and public corporations in a wide variety of complex domestic and cross-border transactions. Karyn’s practice focuses primarily on acquisitions and divestitures, including leveraged buyout transactions, follow-on…

Sergey Kotelnikov's practice encompasses a wide range of complex commercial transactions with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, and recapitalizations. He regularly represents private equity firms and their portfolio companies in both buy and sell side…

中文 Mark has a diverse corporate practice representing U.S. and international corporations and financial institutions. His experience includes a variety of capital markets transactions involving issuance of equity, convertible bonds, and debt securities, as well as initial public offerings (IPOs) and…

Swapnil Mehta focuses his practice on mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, private offerings of equity and debt securities, and private equity investments for private clients, small businesses, emerging companies, venture capital funds, and private equity firms and their portfolio companies. He…

Palash I. Pandya serves as the Co-Deputy Chair of the Corporate Practice Group. Palash advises public and private companies, private equity funds, family offices and entrepreneurs in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, tender offers, spin-offs and venture capital investments. He also…

Mark Passler advises senior managers, brand managers, in-house counsel, technology transfer professionals, and inventors on intellectual property and entertainment law matters. He routinely assists clients in procuring, licensing, and enforcing patent, trademark, and copyright rights. Mark also…

Todd Reed serves as managing partner of the Austin office. He represents private and public companies in a broad range of corporate and commercial transactions including mergers and acquisitions, private offerings of debt and equity securities, the negotiation of credit facilities, the structuring…

Veteran dealmaker Steve Roddenberry advises clients in corporate compliance and governance issues, public and private securities transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity investments. Described as a “masterful strategist” by Chambers USA, he has built longstanding relationships with…

Ted D. Rosen is a preeminent corporate lawyer with more than 30 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, and securities law. Ted is known as a consummate deal maker with the ability to lead and close deals of all sizes. He is regularly recognized in…

Carl Roston is ranked as top tier by Chambers USA for Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, which notes he does “very sophisticated, high-level deals.” Also recognized on the "Elite Hall of Fame" list by The Legal 500 for Corporate - Middle Market M&A, Carl is one of 30 lawyers…

Matt Steinberg is co-office managing partner of the firm’s New York office, a member of the firm's board of directors, and previously served as the deputy chair of Akerman’s national Labor & Employment Practice Group. Matt focuses his practice on employment law, both by advising clients on day…

Edward Stone focuses his practice on advising private equity funds, strategic investors, operating companies, and entrepreneurs. Ed represents clients in all aspects of corporate transactions and equity investments, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, leveraged…

Bill Sullivan focuses on a broad range of federal and state income tax planning matters, including tax issues related to M&A, joint ventures, dispositions, financings, reorganizations, restructurings, partnership transactions, and private equity transactions. Bill has worked on numerous private…

David practices in the areas of growth equity, private equity and venture capital (U.S. and emerging markets), M&A, and technology transactions. He commonly counsels investment firms and the companies in which they invest from inception to M&A, capital raise and operational milestones…

Scott Wasserman is Co-Deputy Chair of Akerman's Corporate Practice Group and Chair of its Automotive Retail Practice. With vast experience in a range of corporate and M&A matters, Scott structures and negotiates complex business transactions, including M&A, leveraged buyouts,…

Ken Wiggins serves as co-chair of Akerman’s M&A and Private Equity Practice. Ranked by Best Lawyers in America and The Legal 500, Ken represents public and private companies, private equity funds, and individuals in a variety of complex corporate transactions and general…