Daniel Jacobson, a partner with Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, recently joined a trade delegation to Colombia as part of an initiative to facilitate international trade and development between South Florida and emerging economies across Latin America.
As chair of the Global Linkage Committee for the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce (GMCC), Jacobson and other delegates of GMCC's Global Linkage Program met with representatives from various governmental and business organizations in Colombia, including the Bogota Chamber of Commerce, Invest in Bogota, the National Business Association of Colombia, Corferia Bogota, AmCham-Bogota, AmCham-Barranquilla, Puerto de Barranquilla and other prominent executives from various industries.
The groups explored growth opportunities in light of the U.S. Colombia Free Trade Agreement, including infrastructure investment and development, mining, production and trade.
Jacobson advises domestic and international clients in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, on various corporate matters. His practice focuses on buying, selling and business operations; public and private debt and equity offerings; commercial lending transactions; mergers and acquisitions; corporate governance, and regulatory compliance.
About Akerman LLP
Akerman LLP is a leading transactions and trial law firm known for its core strengths in middle market M&A, within the financial services and real estate industries, and for a diverse Latin America practice. With more than 600 lawyers and government affairs professionals and a network of 20 offices, it is ranked among the top 100 law firms in the United States by The National Law Journal NLJ 350 (2013). Akerman also is ranked among the top 50 law firms for diversity in The American Lawyer's Diversity Scorecard (2013).
Akerman's Latin America & the Caribbean Practice includes lawyers experienced in representing multinational clients on a wide range of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities offerings, syndicated and secured lending transactions, project financings and debt restructurings, as well as complex construction and other international disputes. The team also is experienced in representing global companies in connection with establishing and developing their U.S. presence as well as managing their Latin American operations. Akerman lawyers have spent years working in Latin America and the Caribbean and are familiar with the legal, regulatory and cultural systems of countries in the region.
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