• Advising Olin Corporation on its global joint venture with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. The joint venture is known as the Blue Water Alliance (BWA). BWA is an independent global trader of electrochemical units-based derivatives, initially focused on globally traded caustic soda and ethylene dichloride.
• Advising Intrum AB on a €1 billion asset sale to Cerberus Capital Management.
• Advising one of the world’s leading litigation funders on cross-border financing arrangements for a company in liquidation in Asia to enable the liquidators to pursue proceedings in Europe against a regional government.
• Advising an international energy company on the acquisition of a downstream oil and gas supply, distribution and retail business in Turkey.
• Advising a private equity sponsor client on its investment in a large consultancy business.
• Advising a global asset manager in connection with its equity investments in connection with leveraged acquisition transactions with companies located in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
• Advising a global leading investment firm on its preferred equity investment in the purchase of a large Dutch energy business.
• Advising a leading Asian national energy company on its liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading contracts.
• Advising VPI Holdings Limited, an affiliate of energy and commodities trader Vitol S.A., in connection with the company’s proposed acquisition from Drax Group plc of four combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plants in the U.K. for a consideration of £193 million.
• Advising AstroBank on the establishment of Trusset Asset Management, a servicing platform for non-performing loans, and the sale of 74.9% of Trusset Asset Management to Qualco Group .
• Advising an ad hoc committee of senior secured bondholders of Noble Trading Co on a debt for equity swap effected pursuant to a security enforcement via a BVI receivership.
• Advising an ad hoc committee of senior secured noteholders in relation to the further deleveraging and reorganization of commodities trader Noble Group (Noble), including the transition of ownership of a significant part of Noble to the noteholders.
• Advising a major international energy group on its $1.57 billion acquisition of minority interests in an Azerbaijan oil field and pipeline.
• Advising Zynga Inc., the U.S. gaming company, on its $700 million acquisition of Small Giant Games.
• Advising Energean Oil & Gas PLC on its $750 million acquisition of Edison E&P.
• Advising Energean Oil & Gas PLC on its $250 million disposal of the U.K. and Norwegian assets of Edison E&P.
• Advising Bridgepoint on its €120 million (and €70 million undrawn facilities) financing for the acquisition of cleantech leader Evac Group.
• Advising HgCapital on its investment in a global software provider.

List may include matters worked on prior to joining Akin.