• Represented a private equity fund in its $151 million sale of LCI, a provider of risk insight, prediction and management solutions, to Verisk Analytics, Inc.
• Represented a private equity fund in the acquisition of a distributor of fluid power and power train solutions.
• Represented a private equity fund in its $85 million sale of Southern Tide, a lifestyle apparel brand, to Oxford Industries, Inc.
• Represented a private equity fund in its acquisition of over 45 quick-service restaurant locations in Florida.

Strategic M&A

• Represented 7-Eleven, Inc. in its approximately $1 billion acquisition of 204 stores from Sunoco LP, including customary adjustments for fuel and merchandise inventory.
• Advised Armada Materials, a rapidly growing producer of aggregates, asphalt and other essential construction materials that is backed by Kelso & Company, in its acquisition of Volunteer Materials and its affiliated companies, including Volunteer Concrete, Volunteer Paving and Volunteer Sand and Gravel.
• Advised Fluid System Components, Inc., a worldwide leader in the fluid power industry, in the acquisition of Norcan Fluid Power Ltd.
• Advised Hydrotech, Inc., a leader in the fluid power industry, in the acquisition of Isaacs Fluid Power Equipment Company.
• Advised Trinity Industries, Inc. in its acquisition of Holden America, a manufacturer of market-leading multilevel vehicle securement and protection systems, gravity-outlet gates and gate accessories for freight rail in North America.
• Represented 7-Eleven, Inc. in its $21 billion acquisition of Speedway from Marathon Petroleum Corp., which is the largest transaction in the history of the convenience store industry and the largest-ever U.S. transaction in which Akin served as buy-side M&A counsel.
• Represented New Fortress Energy, Inc. (NFE) in its $2 billion sale of 11 liquid natural gas infrastructure vessels to a newly formed joint venture between funds managed by Apollo Global Management Inc. and NFE.
• Represented Trinity Industries, Inc. in its $375 million sale of its highway products business to Monomoy Capital Partners, an operationally focused middle market private equity fund.
• Represented 7-Eleven, Inc. in its $3.3 billion acquisition of more than 1,100 gasoline and convenience store locations in 18 states from Sunoco LP.
• Represented a large chain in the convenience retailing industry in its acquisition of 38 gasoline and convenience store locations.
• Represented VCA, the nation’s largest animal care provider (which was publicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Market), in its sale to Mars, Incorporated, at $93 a share in a transaction valued at approximately $9.1 billion.
• Represented U.S. Concrete, Inc. in numerous acquisitions throughout the United States.