Matthew Allee focuses his practice on land use, zoning and government relations, including land use entitlements, development incentives, and zoning and concurrency issues. Matthew regularly represents property owners, developers, and business owners in obtaining land use approvals and entitlements,…

Jonathan Ballan specializes in financial law, focusing on municipal and infrastructure finance, public authority transactions, stadium development, economic advancement, housing finance, project finance, government relations, and the privatization and securitization of public assets. He has…

Andrew Bayer is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group. He represents commercial and investment banks, credit funds, private equity sponsors, and corporate borrowers in a wide variety of domestic and cross-border debt financing transactions, with an emphasis on acquisition finance.  

Tim Bramwell focuses his practice on public finance and health care finance, including related securities and tax matters. He represents issuers, underwriters, trustees, financial institutions and borrowers in a variety of transactions, including public bond offerings and private placement…

Alan Cohen serves as co-office managing partner of Akerman’s New York office and previously served as the chair of Akerman's national Real Estate Finance Practice. With more than 30 years of experience, Alan has handled virtually every type of commercial real estate transaction over the course of…

Barbara is a valued and trusted partner to the companies, financing parties, and other stakeholders she counsels. Barbara is relied upon to provide solutions to the most challenging legal and business issues by providing critical assessment to guide clients in decision making that appropriately…

Andrew Fernandez focuses his practice on the financing and development of multidisciplinary energy and infrastructure projects within the public-private partnership (P3) space. He has experience working closely with borrowers, sponsors, lenders, and government agencies on complex, multinational…

A versatile tax lawyer, Stefi George advises clients in tax planning, compliance, controversy, tax insurance underwriting and litigation. Stefi’s practice encompasses all areas of state and local tax controversy and planning, including income tax, gross receipts, payroll, and sales and use tax.…

Joshua Hamlet focuses on a broad range of state and local, international, and federal taxation matters. He advises privately held businesses, partnerships, and tax-exempt organizations on tax planning, controversy, and compliance-related issues. He also represents clients before the Internal Revenue…

Naheem Harris focuses his practice on representing domestic and international real estate companies, institutional lenders, real estate investment trusts (REITs), funds, and other real estate investors and operators on a wide range of real estate matters, including bespoke financings (mortgage,…

Pete Larsen works closely with financial institutions, finance companies, vehicle and equipment lessors, retailers, and telecommunication, software, and technology companies on all matters facing multistate companies' tax departments, including planning, compliance, audit defense, and…

Greg  Limoncelli represents financial institutions and borrowers in commercial lending, trade finance, receivables purchase, and workout matters. His experience includes single-lender, unitranche and syndicated facilities for cash flow, secured, asset-based, acquisition, highly leveraged,…

Palash I. Pandya serves as the Co-Deputy Chair of the Corporate Practice Group. With more than 20 years of experience, Palash advises private equity funds and public and private companies, in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, growth equity investments, joint ventures, tender offers, spin…

Steve Polivy serves as chair of Akerman's Economic Development and Incentives Practice. He represents developers, not-for-profit corporations, institutional investors, Fortune 500 companies, family-owned businesses, and other real estate end-users in securing crucial government incentives and tax…

Jerry Reichelscheimer chairs Akerman’s Retail Leasing and Development Practice and has practiced law for more than 30 years. He focuses his practice on negotiating and completing complex retail, warehouse, office, and industrial leases and ground leases, and in representing clients in negotiating…

Veteran dealmaker Steve Roddenberry advises clients in corporate compliance and governance issues, public and private securities transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity investments. Described as a “masterful strategist” by Chambers USA, he has built longstanding relationships with…