Kerry Valdez focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, with a particular focus on private equity, M&A, bet-the-company, and shareholder litigation. Kerry also has experience representing clients in both federal and state courts with insurance and legal malpractice defense. In…

David Valk focuses his practice on complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including public and private mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, equity and asset sales, joint ventures, and other business combinations and reorganizations. David advises U.S. and multinational companies in the…

Akerman Remembers Friend and Colleague, August (Gus) Van Eepoel We are deeply saddened by the passing of Gus Van Eepoel, a partner in Akerman’s Tampa office. A talented tax lawyer whose clients viewed him as a trusted advisor and friend, Gus dedicated his career to helping individuals,…

Akerman Remembers Our Friend, Colleague, and Pro Bono Leader, Bill Van Nortwick We are deeply saddened by the passing of Bill Van Nortwick, a partner in Akerman’s Jacksonville office. A former judge for the First District Court of Appeal and partner-in-charge of Akerman’s national pro…

Christina van Slyck focuses her practice on document review for a high volume of internal compliance, regulatory and civil litigation matters. As a member of Akerman’s eDiscovery Services team, Christina regularly advises clients on eDiscovery, information governance, litigation readiness and…

Maria Vernace focuses her practice on business litigation at the trial and appellate levels in state and federal courts. Maria has significant experience in defending legal malpractice and malicious prosecution cases. 

Livia Vieira is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group. Livia focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments. She represents private equity firms in a variety of both buy and sell side business transactions. As part of her corporate finance and lending…

Nicole Villamar focuses her practice on commercial litigation matters, including business torts, shareholder derivative and direct actions, and breach of contract claims, in state and federal courts. She has experience in drafting and preparing discovery requests, pleadings, pre-trial matters,…

D'juro Villaran-Rokovich works with clients to secure economic development and tax incentives in their relocation efforts. With a background in real estate development and architecture, D’juro specializes in analyzing projects for potential incentive packages and forecasting the impact of a project…

George Volsky litigates complex international disputes in U.S. courts (both state and federal), arbitration forums, and before regulatory agencies. With his global experience, clients regularly call upon him to coordinate and manage all aspects of multijurisdictional litigation. His clients include…