Sam DeLee focuses her practice on transactional and regulatory matters in the renewable energy and nuclear power sectors. She has extensive experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements, including master service agreements, engineering, procurement, and construction…

Kenneth Alberstadt represents clients in a wide variety of complex commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, venture and growth capital financings, recapitalizations, partnership and joint venture formations, initial and secondary public offerings, private placements, distressed…

Ranked by Chambers USA, which lauds his reputation as a corporate lawyer "who serves his clients very well," William Arnhols has more than three decades of experience navigating public and private debt transactions. He has negotiated complex billion dollar transactions, and frequently acts as…

Recognized by Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, and The Legal 500 as a preeminent corporate lawyer, Jonathan Awner advises clients in transactions in automotive retail, aviation, distribution, hospitality, logistics, manufacturing, services, technology, and other industries. Described by a…

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 American, and U.S. experience, Arturo Banegas Masiá is a New York lawyer licensed in Venezuela, where he previously practiced under challenging conditions. He participated in some of the jurisdiction’s most complex and significant…

Rob Barkin's practice involves the representation of clients in all aspects of commercial real estate matters. Rob represents community, regional and national institutional lenders in construction and permanent loan transactions secured by real property as well as distressed asset loan restructuring…

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.  

Mark Bernet litigates complex commercial and business disputes, class action defense, bankruptcy, creditors' rights/foreclosures, and appellate matters in state and federal court. Experienced across a range of sectors, including finance, banking, real estate, aviation finance, and hospitality, his…

Hunter Carpenter represents public and private companies in a variety of industries with mergers, acquisitions, and financings.  He also provides counseling on general corporate matters, including commercial contracts, credit facility and debt compliance, corporate organization and formation,…

Patrick Chistiansen is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. His practice focuses on working with public and private companies, financial institutions, and private equity funds in the middle market on mergers and acquisitions, financings, and other transactional matters. He has experience…

David Doney focuses on M&A and public and private securities financings, corporate governance and compliance matters and Securities Exchange Act reporting as well as franchise- and licensing-related matters.David's clients include established public companies and privately held companies with…

With a practice devoted to M&A, private equity and venture capital investments, and investment fund formation, Max Drake counsels business entities and their owners through all stages of development, from startup, to growth financing, to ultimate sale. Clients rely on Max's practical general…

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…

Formerly counsel at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Raye Curry Elliott works with financial institutions, national retailers and other companies in state and local tax controversy matters throughout the United States. Her experience includes refund actions, audit defense, administrative…

Matthew Emery is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group, where he specializes in commercial lending transactions. He represents financial institutions, private equity sponsors, credit funds and corporate borrowers in a wide variety of debt financing transactions, including syndicated credit…

Carol Faber has extensive experience representing clients for over 30 years in a wide range of real estate transactions, including financing, leasing, and acquisition and sale transactions. Her financing experience includes representing borrowers and lenders in mortgage loans, ranging from several…

Mario Fallone focuses his practice on venture capital, private equity, and general corporate matters, with an emphasis on representing startups, strategic investors, and venture capital funds in all aspects of venture financings, including initial and follow-on financings with preferred equity and…

A veteran lawyer with three decades of experience, Dean Freitag represents lenders and corporations in a range of financing matters. Notably, Dean has represented clients in hundreds of multimillion dollar loan transactions, of all sizes, including syndicated or participated loans involving mortgage…

Pedro Freyre is the chair of Akerman’s International Practice, a full-service team advising multinational and global corporations on a wide range of cross-border M&A, joint ventures, capital markets transactions, syndicated and secured lending, project finance, debt restructuring, trade, and…

Louis Giovachino is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group. Louis represents commercial and investment banks, private and public companies, private equity funds, alternative capital providers, and individuals on a variety of corporate transactions, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and…

Brenda Goerks' broad real estate practice focuses on local and national transactions for foreign and domestic clients in the acquisition, sale, financing, development, management, operation, and leasing of real estate including automotive dealerships, agricultural, luxury homes, privately developed…

Cristina Gonzalez specializes in commercial lending transactions, with an emphasis on acquisition finance. She regularly advises leading financial institutions, private equity funds, portfolio companies, credit funds and corporate borrowers in a wide variety of debt financing transactions, including…

James Grice focuses his practice on general commercial real estate, primarily representing investors, developers, operators, and users in the data center and digital infrastructure realm. Jim has distinguished himself in the data center and renewable energy sector where he utilizes his intimate…

Amanda K. Leech focuses her practice on general corporate counseling of both privately held and public companies. She counsels boards of directors on corporate governance and compliance and has extensive experience representing special committees of boards with independent reviews 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,…

Christopher McCranie focuses his practice on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions. Christopher represents community, regional, and national institutional lenders in permanent and development loan transactions secured by real and personal property, as well as distressed asset loan…

Michael Meadows is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group. Michael focuses his practice on corporate finance and lending. He represents lenders, financial sponsors, and corporate borrowers in domestic and cross-border bank financing transactions, including syndicated credit facilities,…

Scot Patrick O’Brien serves as managing partner of Akerman’s Washington, D.C. office. Scot represents public and private companies, including private equity and real-estate-based funds, in corporate, capital markets, financing, and M&A transactions.  Working with public companies, Scot…

David Otero’s national practice focuses on bankruptcy and tax litigation and counseling. A partner in both the Tax and Bankruptcy & Reorganization Practice Groups, his clients include Citigroup, Capital One, Nissan, Santander Bank, Sears, Synchrony Financial, U.S. Bank, Venus Fashion, and…

Highly regarded for his skillful resolution of bankruptcy and insolvency matters, David Parham represents corporate and partnership debtors, creditor committees, equity holders, secured and unsecured creditors, lessors, and trustees in bankruptcy proceedings, litigation, and workouts. His…

Bryan Reese specializes in finance and financial restructuring with a particular focus on capital markets, leveraged finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and credit and special situations investing. He represents borrowers, administrative agents, and lenders in domestic and cross-border…

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…

Ted D. Rosen is a preeminent corporate lawyer with more than 30 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, and securities law. Ted is known as a consummate deal maker with the ability to lead and close deals of all sizes. He is regularly recognized in…

Carl Roston is ranked as top tier by Chambers USA for Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, which notes he does “very sophisticated, high-level deals.” Also recognized on the "Elite Hall of Fame" list by The Legal 500 for Corporate - Middle Market M&A, Carl is one of 30 lawyers…

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…

With experience across all types of cross-border and domestic financing transactions, Will Walker is a skilled lending attorney serving financial institutions, corporate borrowers and private equity groups. On both the borrower and lender side, he represents key players in food and agriculture,…

Gary Whitlock represents major financial institutions in a broad range of transactions. He routinely represents lenders making commercial and real estate loans, and has assisted his clients with loan restructurings and workouts. Gary also has significant experience working on loans to companies in…

John Busey Wood advises public and private companies on real estate acquisitions, facilities management, construction and development, commercial, hospitality, retail, and ground leasing, commercial property management, and brokerage. For more than 45 years, John has represented owners in the design…