Beau Baker focuses his practice on real estate capital markets, securitizations, financial services, structured and commercial finance, creditors' rights, loan portfolio management and servicing, and financial restructuring. He represents traditional and non-traditional lenders in a variety of…

Internationally recognized for his cross-border, Latin America, and U.S. experience, Arturo Banegas Masiá represents financial institutions, telecommunication companies, Fortune 100 companies, and buyers and sellers in corporate, finance, and restructuring transactions. He has been recognized across…

Jonathan Beckham is a seasoned corporate and technology transactions lawyer who is intimately involved in counseling clients on transactions and other matters that both facilitate and relate to the ongoing digital transformation of industry. He advises leading technology and data center providers,…

Michael Borovik draws on his more than 20 years of practical energy and sustainability experience to advise leaders and teams through major business initiatives and economic evaluation matters. Michael's clients include energy suppliers, municipalities, universities, and businesses. He also…

Ellen Castillo is a Senior Urban Planning Consultant in Akerman’s Real Estate Practice Group in Los Angeles. Her practice focuses on providing strategic real property development advice, land use diligence, planning analysis, and entitlement processing across all sectors of development. She offers…

As a former general counsel for a leading real estate developer, owner, and operator and decades of market experience, Bill Ellis provides his clients with a comprehensive real estate perspective. He represents private equity funds, global financial institutions, investment banks, REITs, other…

Lorie Fale provides state and local tax counsel related to transactional matters, tax planning, and refund claims. She has more than 24 years of experience as a Florida state tax controversy specialist, dealing with all aspects of Florida audits, refunds, and assessment management. Prior to…

Melissa Koch is a business and technology lawyer with nearly two decades of experience advising tech and tech-enabled companies across industries. Melissa is a former in-house counsel and brings a rare depth and breadth of strategic legal expertise. In her transactional practice, Melissa structures,…

Karyn Koiffman represents private equity funds, family offices, private companies and public corporations in a wide variety of complex domestic and cross-border transactions. Karyn’s practice focuses primarily on acquisitions and divestitures, including leveraged buyout transactions, follow-on…

Lisa Kolieb focuses her practice on land use and real estate development matters, guiding clients through the land use entitlement process from initial site diligence to ultimate project approval, construction and operation, and advising clients on the government and regulatory aspects of real…

Erika Labelle represents public and private businesses in transactional tax, REIT, and controversy matters. She focuses her practice on corporate and partnership tax planning and structuring, including taxable and tax-free corporate mergers, stock and asset acquisitions, reorganizations,…

Anne Levin-Nussbaum, a federal income tax lawyer for more than 25 years, focuses her practice on transactions involving the development, financing, sales and acquisitions of renewable energy projects.  She advises her clients on energy tax credits, depreciation and other tax incentives for…

Jason S. Lichtstein serves as managing partner of Akerman’s Atlanta office. Jason focuses his practice on the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfields and other contaminated sites in the Southeast U.S. His practice includes a broad range of environmental transactional, environmental regulatory…

Eddie Lowry focuses his practice on real estate law and real estate finance, counseling clients on the full spectrum of their corporate real estate needs across an array of industries and asset classes, including investment, development, operations and divestiture of properties used for data…

Michael McKinley focuses his practice on project development and real estate, with an emphasis on data centers. Michael has experience representing landlords and tenants in a variety of short and long term build to suit leases, co-location leases, master services agreements and service level…

Daniel represents clients in the areas of construction contract drafting and negotiation, construction litigation, and government contract litigation. He has considerable experience representing clients in complex private and public construction and development disputes. Daniel’s construction…

John Neary represents owners, contractors, and design professionals in civil litigation matters, and provides guidance on contract formation and administration. Such representation includes, among other things, critical infrastructure projects, as well as power generation facilities and energy…

Thu Pham is an partner in the Real Estate Practice Group. She has experience representing clients, both in the public and private sectors, in land use related matters such as comprehensive plan amendments, rezoning, code violations, right-of-way vacations, special assessments, impact fees, and…

Bernardo Rocha focuses his practice on commercial leasing and general real estate transactional matters. Bernardo has experience in multijurisdictional transactions involving the acquisition, sale, leasing, and development of renewable energy projects, retail, office, and industrial buildings. He…

David Thompson is a corporate attorney who guides private equity sponsors and public and private company clients in complex business transactions in an array of sectors. He focuses his practice on mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, private equity investments, joint ventures, restructurings,…