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Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP is pleased to announce that it has expanded its Corporate Practice Group in Austin with the addition of partner Marc Adesso. Adesso focuses his practice on representing emerging and established capital markets participants, including issuers, underwriters, and C-Suite executives. 

"Marc brings us over a decade of experience in a wide array of corporate matters, with a particular focus on complex capital markets transactions, often serving businesses in cutting edge areas such as the cannabis industry" said Corporate Practice Co-Chair, Jonathan Awner. "His addition to the team will undoubtedly enhance the services that we provide to our clients in Austin and nationwide and complement the team's existing bench strengths."

With broad-ranging experience advising public and private companies, including special purpose acquisition companies (SPACS) and real estate investment trusts (REITS), Adesso focuses his practice on innovative capital markets transactions, SEC disclosure, corporate governance matters, as well as M&A transactions. 

Adesso regularly provides advice to clients in the technology, real estate/REIT, cannabis, healthcare, life sciences, and financial service industries in order to create long- and short-term financial solutions focused on enhancing shareholder value. He has extensive experience advising clients in initial public offerings, alternative public offerings, (primary and secondary) registered offerings and complex corporate transactions involving listed securities, including direct listings, reverse mergers, PIPEs, ATMs, Reg A and Rule 144A offerings. In addition to representing entities within the United States, Adesso also has experience with complex international and cross-border transactions.

 About Akerman

Akerman LLP is a top 100 U.S. law firm recognized among the most forward-thinking firms in the industry by Financial Times. Its more than 700 lawyers and business professionals collaborate with the world’s most successful enterprises and entrepreneurs to navigate change, seize opportunities, and help drive innovation and growth.

The Akerman Corporate Practice Group advises public and private companies, including private equity funds, on M&A, capital markets transactions, financings, and other transactional matters, with a strong focus on the middle market. Akerman is top-ranked nationally for mergers, acquisitions, and buyouts: middle market by The Legal 500 and is recognized as a leading U.S. law firm by U.S. News - Best Lawyers for corporate, M&A, private equity, securities/capital markets, securities regulation and banking and finance law. 

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