Akin Gump-Advised $21B 7-Eleven Deal Selected for ALB Japan Law Awards
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(Washington, D.C.) – Akin Gump is pleased to announce that a deal on which it advised, 7-Eleven’s acquisition of leading convenience store chain Speedway from Marathon Petroleum Corp., has been named “M&A Deal of the Year (Premium)” as part of the Asian Legal Business Japan Law Awards 2021. The firm, led by corporate partners Tom Yang and Nicholas Houpt, advised 7-Eleven in the matter.
The ALB Japan Law Awards recognize “the outstanding performance of private practitioners and in-house counsel in Japan and around the region.”
To learn more about the deal and Akin Gump’s role in the $21 billion transaction, click here.
Earlier this year, 7-Eleven’s acquisition of Speedway was shortlisted in The Texas Lawbook and Association of Corporate Counsel’s 2020 DFW Outstanding Corporate Counsel Awards (click here to learn more), and in The Deal Awards (click here to learn more).
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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