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Andrea  Fisher Evans

Andrea Fisher Evans
Shareholder 

One Southeast Third Avenue
25th Floor
Miami, FL 33131-1714
Main:  305.374.5600
Fax:  305.374.5095
andrea.fisher@akerman.com

Practice Areas
Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity, Corporate Governance and Structure

Experience
Andrea Fisher Evans is a shareholder in Akerman's Miami Corporate Practice Group, joining the firm in 1999. She possesses significant experience in a wide variety of complex legal transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, joint ventures, recapitalizations, private placements, equity and debt financings/offerings and loan transactions, as well as other business transactions and related general corporate matters, across a broad range of sectors, including the telecommunications, printing, pharmaceutical, healthcare, real estate and entertainment sectors. She routinely has represented shareholders, investors, private equity funds, start-up corporations, entrepreneurs and private companies in a variety of strategic, financial and other business transactions, as well as general corporate governance matters.

Representative Clients
1848 Capital Partners LLC
Sunbelt Diversified Enterprises, LLC
Cardo Medical
Bela Broadcasting LLC
MapleWood Partners
H.I.G. Capital
Fisher Island

Notable Client Work
Representation of 1848 Capital Partners LLC and its various direct and indirect subsidiaries in all aspects of structuring investments or loans in, raising equity for and acquisitions of Ripley's Believe It or Not! locations in NY and London, as well as other entertainment holding companies.
Representation of a Spanish television company in connection with various investments, financings, security exchanges and acquisitions and in connection with its sale involving MTV.
Representation of Fisher Island in connection with the sale of the Island.
Representation of Sunbelt Diversified Enterprises LLC in connection with structuring investments and raising capital.
Representation of HealthSouth Doctors' Hospital in connection with its sale of assets to Baptist Health South Florida, Inc.
Representation of Kitson & Partners, LLC, a large real estate developer, in connection with joint venture formation and acquisition of the Babcock Ranch, one of the largest land transfers in Florida history.
Representation of Maplewood Partners LP, a large private equity firm, in its acquisitions of certain privately held companies and with respect to other general corporate matters.
Representation of HIG Capital LLC, a large private equity firm, in connection with certain financing transactions.
Representation of a private real estate builder in connection with its sale to Terremark Worldwide (AMEX: TWW).
Representation of seller in the sale of a pharmaceutical logistic company to an affiliate of HIG Capital LLC.
Representation of seller in the merger of a healthcare software business with Infocure Corporation (a former public company).
Representation of IVAX Corp. (AMEX: IVX) in connection with its sale of stock of a subsidiary to B. Braun of America, Inc.
Representation of NationsRent, Inc., a leading full service equipment solution provider, in connection with a joint venture with EqualFooting.com, Inc.

Bar Admissions
Florida

Professional Memberships and Activities
The Florida Bar, Business Law Section
Dade County Bar Association

Community Involvement
The Commonwealth Institute
The Miami Jewish Federation, Women's Division, Member
DCBA E-mentoring Program
Guardian ad Litem Program, Put Something Back Program, Miami-Dade County

Education
1993: J.D., University of Florida College of Law, with honors, International Law Journal, Editor-in-Chief
1990: B.A., University of Florida, Major(s): Finance, with high honors