Akerman announced the closing of the acquisition of its client Nathan's Famous, Inc. (Nasdaq: NATH) by Smithfield Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFD), for $102 in cash per outstanding share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $450 million. As previously announced, Akerman represented Nathan's Famous, Inc. in the transaction.
The Akerman team advising Nathan's Famous was led by Corporate Partners Wayne Wald, Chair, Restaurant Sector Team, and Palash Pandya, Co-Deputy Chair, Corporate Practice Group, and included key support from:
- Melissa Koch, Chair, Technology Transactions Practice; Partner, Corporate Practice Group
- Jerry Reichelscheimer, Chair, Retail Leasing and Development Practice
- William Sullivan, Chair, Federal Tax Practice; Deputy Chair, Tax Practice Group
- Sarah DeFranco, Partner, Labor and Employment Practice Group
- James Macpherson, Partner, Corporate Practice Group
- Gabriel Marinaro, Partner, Tax Practice Group
- Felicia Leborgne Nowels, Partner, Government Strategies Practice Group
- Austin Ownbey, Partner, Corporate Practice Group
- Tammy Mercer, Partner, Litigation Practice Group
- Amanda Pooler, Partner, Litigation Practice Group
- Samual Mann, Partner, Litigation Practice Group
- Dahlia Awad, Associate, Government Strategies Practice Group
- Charles Filips, Associate, Tax Practice Group
- Chelsy Lutz, Associate, Tax Practice Group
- Annie Nosich, Associate, Corporate Practice Group
- Amanda Rementeria, Associate, Corporate Practice Group
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