Practice Areas & Industries: Akerman Senterfitt

Practice/Industry Group Overview

We have the largest corporate practice in Florida, with more than 100 attorneys. Our Corporate Practice Group has managed billions of dollars worth of transactions in the past several years. We regularly represent domestic and foreign public companies, including about one half of the largest public companies in Florida. We also represent financial institutions, private equity and venture capital funds, and the companies in which they invest, as well as individual entrepreneurs.

Services Available

Our primary areas of focus are:

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Securities
• Private Equity and Venture Capital
• Taxation
• Public Finance
• Banking and Lending
• Employee Benefits
• Labor & Employment Compliance

Clients:
Republic Services, Inc, Union Planters Bank , Global Crossing Ltd, Bush Industries, Inc. , Century Homebuilders, Inc. , Sterling Financial Investment Group, Inc.,, AutoNation Inc., New River Capital Partners, Spherion Corporation, Steiner Leisure Limited, SunTrust Bank, HIG Capital, LLC, nStor Technologies, Inc., Orius Corp., Outsource International, Inc, Raymond James & Associates, Inc, Salomon Smith Barney, CHEP USA, The American Automobile Association, AT&T Latin America, Innovative Imaging, LLP, Radiology Associates of South Florida, P.A., Heart Life, LLC, Hygeia Corp., Sloan's Auction Gallery, Ltd., MapleWood Partners, LP , Physicians Healthcare Plans, Inc, ADP TotalSource , AnswerThink, Catholic Diocese of Orlando, Terrabrook, Hard Rock Cafe, UniDyn, Shoney's Inc., Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority, North American Men's Health, Bank Leumi, Comerica Bank, Congress Financial Corporation, SouthTrust Bank, Wachovia Bank, IVAX Corporation, Ecometry Corporation, Kellstrom Industries, Inc., Boca Resorts, Inc., Digital Latin America, Dycom Industries, Inc, Pollo Tropical, Inc., Rock Hill Partners, Thales TRC, Inc., Information Services eXtended, Inc., EtchStone Incorporated, ADP TotalSource , Brockway Moran & Partners, Inc., Treasure Coast Center for Surgery, Claire's Stores, Inc., Ecometry Corporation, Haircolorxpress International, Inc, Thales Corporation, Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, Gencor Industries, Credit Suisse (Bahamas) Ltd. , Banco Primus, Gazeta Mercantil, Construtora Norberto Odebrecht, Mitchell Wolfson Sr. Foundation, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Research Foundation, University of Miami, Dade Community Foundation, Miami Dolphins, Elizabeth Arden, Inc, Actium Beteiligungs AG, The Bank of New York, Wells Fargo Bank, America's PowerSports, Inc., Warren Henry Automobiles, Inc.