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Corporate

Akerman is widely recognized as among the best law firms for transactional work. Our corporate, M&A, and private equity practices, and many of our partners, repeatedly achieve top-tier rankings from Best Lawyers, The Legal 500, and Chambers USA, which noted that our corporate lawyers “are extraordinarily effective and focused on understanding and achieving business and transactional objectives while communicating well to facilitate risk management.”

Continuously ranked by PitchBook as among the busiest M&A and private equity practices in the country, our corporate lawyers advise public and private companies and private equity funds on sophisticated mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, financings, and other transactional matters. We guide clients through major corporate transactions and crisis management, as well as in day-to-day operations and routine matters. We are trusted advisors to boards of directors, executive management teams, family offices, private equity sponsors, institutional and individual investors, and founder-owned businesses.

We advise on transactions across the world, serving clients from our 25 offices in the United States, including Miami, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. Our experience includes handling high-profile initial public offerings as issuers’ counsel and advising on thousands of M&A deals. Further, we represent many of the most active private equity funds, assisting growth-focused companies with the resources to succeed. Whether on the buy-side or sell-side, our professionals combine extensive deal experience with a deep understanding of the sectors in which our clients operate, as well as their organizational and transaction-specific objectives.

Our clients span a broad range of sectors, including automotive, aviation, business services, consumer products and services, distribution and logistics, financial services, healthcare, industrials, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, restaurants, retail, sports and leisure, technology, telecommunications, transportation, and waste management. We act as allies to the companies we represent and their executives — anticipating their needs, responsively addressing their concerns, and being accessible at all times. Working collaboratively with firm lawyers in related legal disciplines, we are able to effectively manage transaction risk. Our deal teams include partners who concentrate in finance, tax, employee benefits and executive compensation, intellectual property, information technology, data privacy, labor and employment, healthcare, real estate, environmental, antitrust, government contracts, litigation, and regulatory matters.

What We Do

  • M&A transactions
  • Private equity investments and recapitalizations
  • Spinoffs and divestitures
  • Joint ventures
  • Private placements of securities
  • IPOs and capital market transactions
  • Public company regulatory advice
  • Debt financing, secured and unsecured
  • Corporate governance advice
  • Private fund formation
  • Venture capital investment
  • Technology licensing
  • Intellectual property protection
  • Antitrust and trade regulation
  • Distribution and licensing
  • Franchising
  • International trade
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Corporate restructuring
  • Executive compensation and employee benefits
  • Labor, employment, and immigration compliance
  • Corporate investigations and white collar defense

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