Akerman represented private equity firm Hidden Harbor Capital Partners in its strategic investment in McKee & Associates Architects and Barganier Davis Williams Architects Associated (BDW). The Akerman team representing Hidden Harbor included Corporate Partner Andrew Hard, Corporate Practice Co-Chair Emeritus Carl Roston, and Corporate associates Ledah Geller, Glorimer Rodriguez Sierra, and Paola Benitez.

Hidden Harbor Capital Partners is based in Boca Raton, Fla., and currently manages over $2 billion of equity capital and is investing out of its third fund, an $825 million vehicle. McKee & Associates and BDW are both headquartered in Montgomery, Ala., and specialize in providing architectural and design services to K-12 education, higher education, and municipal clients.

Akerman represented Hidden Harbor Capital Partners in a similar investment in the competing Alabama architectural firm Lathan Associates earlier this year. Following the transaction, Lathan and McKee combined as Lathan McKee Architects, creating a market-leading K-12 education architecture and design services firm in the Southeastern United States. BDW joins Lathan McKee as a member of the L&M group of companies.

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