North America - United States • M&A/corporate and commercial
Akin
Akin combines integrated regulatory, financial, and transactional expertise to offer clients comprehensive advice in connection with buyouts, growth investments, and strategic partnerships in regulated sectors such as energy, tech, and industrials. In addition to working with established middle-market funds and investment managers, the team regularly represents portfolio and target companies in their sales to major private equity sponsors such as Apollo and EQT. Bespoke platform deals in emerging spaces of the market represent a key specialism of the team, which has advised on the buy- and sell-side of fund mergers, IP transactions, and sports team buyouts. Sergio Urias is a key contact for these bespoke transactions and practices from the New York office, which is also home to leveraged buyout and take-private expert Amy Wollensack and practice head Zachary Wittenberg, who specialises in corporate transactions. Dallas-based Thomas Yang handles energy M&A, among other matters.
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Key clients
- Paine Schwartz Partners
- Mill Rock Capital
- Kinderhook Industries
- Halyard Capital
- Sheridan Capital Partners
- Mubadala Capital
- Eagle Point Credit Management
- Elite Sports Equity
- Tug Hull Inc.
- FireBird Energy LLC
- Double Eagle Energy
- CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
- Amberjack Capital Partners
- Brinkmere Capital Partners
- Ballou Fire Systems LLC
- CPGH Holdings
- Princeton Equity Group
Work highlights
- Represented Tug Hill Inc. and its affiliates in connection with the sale of upstream and midstream assets from oil and gas producer Tug Hill and pipeline company XcL Midstream to EQT Corporation for $5.2bn.
- Advised Mubadala Capital and its portfolio company Thrive Foods on an agreement to acquire Groneweg Group, also known as Freeze-Dry Foods.
- Advised Paine Schwartz Partners on its strategic growth investment in Elemental Enzymes.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Zachary Wittenberg