Akin

Chairperson: Kim Koopersmith

Number of lawyers and advisors: 900+

Firm Overview: 

Akin is a global law firm with more than 900 lawyers and advisors who pride themselves on dedication to their clients and their communities. With 17 offices worldwide, the firm is renowned for numerous market-leading practices; its strengths in complex transactions and restructurings, high-stakes litigation, and public policy and regulatory matters; and its unyielding pro bono commitment. The firm partners with clients from both established industries and cutting-edge markets to deliver creative solutions to business-critical issues, helping them seize opportunities and anticipate challenges. Driven by its forward-thinking leadership, the firm has built a strong culture of innovation and collaboration as well as a talented and diverse workforce committed to the success of its clients and each other. The firm is intentional about fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees are supported and given the tools to succeed. It is focused on recruiting and nurturing the next generation of exceptional legal talent and is proud that its recruitment and professional development efforts are recognized as among the best in the industry.

Main Areas of Practice: 

Corporate & Finance: 

Akin advises private credit, private equity, infrastructure, sovereign wealth and other investment funds, public and private companies, boards of directors and family offices, in connection with M&A, private credit, special situations, preferred equity & hybrid capital and other investments, projects & energy transactions, debt financings and capital markets transactions and corporate governance matters worldwide.

Energy & Infrastructure 

Akin is deeply rooted in all aspects of energy & infrastructure worldwide, including oil and gas, power, renewable energy and the energy transition. The firm’s lawyers represent the full spectrum of market participants throughout the energy & infrastructure landscape on a wide variety of corporate transactions as well as financial restructurings, disputes, international arbitration, and regulatory compliance.

Financial Restructuring: 

Akin’s Financial Restructuring team is widely recognized as a powerhouse, advising on many of the most complex, high-profile restructurings in the world. With more than 100 dedicated lawyers dedicated to distressed situations, we represent ad hoc groups, official and informal creditors’ committees, debtors and institutional investors. Key matters include SVB Financial Group, Diamond Sports, Cineworld, Yellow Corporation, Rite Aid, Curo Group, Purdue Pharma, Digicel, GenesisCare, among others.

Intellectual Property: 

Akin’s renowned IP trial team is sought out by global corporations for its achievements in litigating complex patent disputes in federal courts around the country and before the ITC and PTAB. Our team leverages strong technical experience and legal acumen to handle business-critical matters across the full scope of life science and high-tech industries. Akin’s diverse team of trial lawyers addresses client needs in all forms of IP, including patents, trade secrets, trademarks and copyrights.

Investment Management:  

For over 40 years, our global investment management practice has been a leader in providing comprehensive legal representation to large institutional and entrepreneurial fund sponsors and managers in the formation of investment funds. We also serve as lead counsel to premier investors, assisting them in accessing opportunities worldwide. Our practice focuses on fund formation and ongoing operations, covering all aspects from fund structuring and management to investor relations and portfolio company representation. We navigate diverse jurisdictions, including fast-growing markets like China, India, and the Middle East.

Labor & Employment:  

The firm advises employers regarding all aspects of employment law, including handling complex wage-and-hour collective and class actions and discrimination litigation; high-stakes workplace investigations disputes between executives and their companies, particularly involving restrictive covenants; and OSHA matters. We also have a premier practice focused at the nexus of traditional labor and pension law and corporate and restructuring transactions—counseling companies, creditor groups and funds on complex workforce management issues during and following a restructuring, reorganization or transaction.

Disputes & Investigations:  

With more than 200 lawyers, our global practice includes litigators who have clerked at every level of the federal and state court systems, including the U.S. Supreme Court; veterans of the Solicitor General’s office; former prosecutors; a former state attorney general; and former officials at the SEC, FTC, DOJ, PCAOB and many other federal agencies. Our lawyers regularly handle multifaceted, sophisticated matters, including complex commercial litigations, investigations, criminal and regulatory proceedings, nationwide class actions, parallel civil and administrative proceedings, multidistrict litigation, and arbitrations.

Lobbying & Public Policy:  

As one of the nation’s top government affairs practices, Akin distinguishes itself from peer law firms with its distinct ability to provide clients with an all-encompassing platform to address any type of government-facing problem. Our full-service solution involves more than 75 lawyers and other professionals providing legal, policy, political, public relations and compliance advice. Akin offers a substantive, bipartisan team to help clients anticipate and address complex legislative and regulatory challenges through innovative and effective advocacy strategies.

Regulatory:  

Akin offers a suite of services to help clients address technical and often complex regulatory schemes across a broad span of compliance obligations based on industry, products and distribution, among others. Disciplines include antitrust/competition; telecom, media and technology; cybersecurity, privacy and data protection; energy; environment and natural resources; food and drug law; financial services; government contracts; health care and life sciences; international trade; and transportation. Work encompasses compliance counseling, investigations, enforcement, classification and licensing, transactional due diligence, and foreign investment, among other activities.

Tax:  

Our global tax practice offers multidisciplinary services, providing guidance to U.S. and international investors on tax issues for entities doing business or making investments overseas. We advise on tax-advantaged structuring during fund formation and counsel on M&A, international corporate restructuring, ERISA, bankruptcy reorganizations, capital markets, regulatory matters, project financings, tax controversies, and private client services.