Akerman represented Ondas Inc. (Nasdaq:ONDS), a leading provider of advanced autonomous systems and next-generation defense and security technologies and services, in its acquisition of DZYNE Technologies, LLC, a leading developer of autonomous aerial systems and advanced defense technologies, delivering innovative solutions across intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance , and counter UAS missions. Under the terms of the transaction, DZYNE shareholders received cash and stock consideration valued at $875.8 million.
The transaction establishes Ondas as a vanguard autonomous defense platform, uniting complementary capabilities across multi-domain ISR, counter-UAS, autonomous effects, aerial security, precision strike, autonomous logistics, and AI-enabled mission orchestration to rapidly meet the complex, evolving requirements of modern warfare.
The Akerman team advising Ondas was led by Corporate Practice Group Co-Chair Christina Russo, Corporate Practice Group Partners David Birke and Matthew Hendy, and Corporate Practice Group Associates Taylor Jobb and Nicolas Maetta, and included key support across the firm’s national platform from:
- Brian Bianco, Chair, Intellectual Property Practice Group
- Esther Moreno, Chair, Capital Markets Practice
- John Neary, Co-Chair, Construction Practice
- Bill Sullivan, Deputy Chair, Tax Practice Group
- Hunter Carpenter, Partner, Corporate Practice Group
- Sarah DeFranco, Partner, Labor and Employment Practice Group
- Christy Hawkins, Partner, Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group
- Gabriel Marinaro, Partner, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice
- Felicia Leborgne Nowels, Partner, Government Strategies Practice Group
- Austin Ownbey, Partner, Corporate Practice Group
- Heather Preston, Partner, Tax Practice Group
- Ryan Roman, Partner, Litigation Practice Group
- Paul Russo, Partner, Real Estate Practice Group
- Sarah Campbell Smith, Partner, Environment and Natural Resources Practice
Additional support was provided by the following associates: Charles Filips, Arielle Flamenbaum, Rachel Gillooly, Brooke Gonzalez, Reginald Janvier, Santiago Lopez, Amanda Rementeria, and Amanda Weinick.
Also during 2026, Akerman represented Ondas in connection with the acquisitions of:
- Bird Aerosystems Ltd.
- Indo Earth Moving Ltd.
- Mistral, Inc.
- Omnisys Ltd.
- Rotron Aerospace Limited
- World View Enterprises Inc.
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