Akerman Senterfitt, USA, Florida

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Firm Overview

Akerman is a leading transactions and trial law firm known for its core strengths in middle market M&A, within the financial services and real estate industries, and for a diverse Latin America practice. With more than 550 lawyers and government affairs professionals and a network of 19 offices, we are ranked among the top 100 law firms in the U.S. by The National Law Journal NLJ 250 (2012) and as the largest law firm in Florida by Florida Trend magazine (2012). We also are ranked among the top 100 law firms in the U.S. for diversity by MultiCultural Law magazine (2012) and recognized as the law firm of the year for diversity–South by Benchmark Litigation (2012).

Corporate: Leading U.S. corporate, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, securities/capital markets and securities regulation law firm. Advise public and private companies, including private equity funds, on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, financings and other transactional matters, with a strong focus on the middle market.

Litigation: Comprised of trial lawyers in offices throughout the U.S., with vast experience in a wide range of commercial litigation and international arbitration.

Real Estate: Substantial experience in complex transactions, development and construction projects, economic development incentives, environmental matters, public-private initiatives and litigation.

Government Affairs and Public Policy: Bipartisan team located in Washington, D.C., New York and Florida. Experience in appropriations, education, healthcare, tax, natural resources and environment, telecommunications, insurance, transportation and infrastructure, Native American affairs, travel and tourism and energy.

Bankruptcy: Serve as bankruptcy counsel or as receivers in complex cases, including commercial mortgage foreclosures and many of the largest bankruptcy filings in the U.S.

Construction: Extensive U.S. and overseas experience in major construction initiatives in energy, transportation and public infrastructure projects and in every phase of construction, from project delivery to contract formation and dispute resolution.

Labor and Employment: Represent employers in virtually every major industry with all aspects of labor and employment law compliance and litigation, workplace safety, immigration and non-compete/ trade secret issues.

Intellectual Property: Deep industry experience with intellectual property matters in biomedical devices, electrical engineering, healthcare, information technology, telecommunications, sports and entertainment.

Healthcare: Strong experience in regulatory, litigation, and corporate matters, representing hospitals, physicians, healthcare systems, health insurers, surgery centers, medical device companies and national pharmacy chains.

Taxation: Represent providers of financial services, national retailers and technology and software companies in state and local tax planning, controversy, legislation, audit defense and litigation.

Trusts, Estates and Family Services: Personalized strategies for estate planning, wealth and business preservation, probate, trust and guardianship administration and litigation, employee and retirement benefits, as well as experience with charitable planning, tax-exempt organizations and family and marital law.

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