• Advised DTLR Villa LLC, a lifestyle retailer that provides one-stop shopping for street-inspired footwear, apparel and accessories, on the $495 million sale of its business to JD Sports Fashion Plc, a global retailer of sports, fashion and outdoor brands.
• Represented Jacksons Food Stores as a divestiture buyer for 63 fuel outlets in connection with 7-Eleven’s $21 billion acquisition of Speedway from Marathon Petroleum.
• Defended One Equity Partners' $640 million sale of PeroxyChem, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of hydrogen peroxide and other peroxygen chemistries, to Evonik Industries in a successful Section 13(b) merger trial.
• Represented One Equity Partners on its acquisitions of USNR, the world's most comprehensive supplier of equipment and technologies for the wood processing industry, Wood Fiber Group, a leading manufacturer and supplier of sawmill consumables, parts, and services, and Rosboro, a leading manufacturer of glued laminated timber.
• Represented American Airlines in connection with its successful DOT application for antitrust immunity for its joint business agreement with Qantas Airways Limited.
• Secured DOJ approval for American Airlines’ acquisition of a significant equity stake in Republic Airways.
• Advised Griffon Corporation on its $330 million sale of Telephonics Corporation, a leading provider of highly sophisticated intelligence, surveillance and communications solutions that are deployed across a wide range of land, sea and air applications, to TTM Technologies, Inc.  in a transaction that broadened TTM’s Aerospace and Defense offering vertically while strengthening its position in radar systems.
• Advised Ritchie Brothers, the world’s largest auctioneer and provider of end-to-end services for heavy equipment, on its acquisition of Rouse Services, a leading provider of data intelligence and benchmarking services.
• Advised C&J Energy Services on its $2.86 billion combination with Nabors’ completion and production businesses in a transaction that created a leading diversified provider of completion and production services.
• Represented the Oman Oil Company, a commercial company wholly owned by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman, in its $2.4 billion acquisition of Oxea, the world’s largest supplier of Oxo chemical products, from Advent International.
• Represented Riverstone Holdings in connection with its $9.5 billion formation of Talen Energy Corporation, which combined the merchant power generation businesses previously operated by PPL Corporation and Riverstone Holdings into one of the largest independent power producers in the United States.
• Advised Sabine Oil & Gas in its combination with Forest Oil Corporation to form a leader in exploration and production services in East Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
• Represented Oiltanking Partners in connection with its $4.4 billion sale of Oiltanking Holdings Americas to Enterprise Products Partners.
• Secured FTC clearance for Plains All American Pipeline’s sale of its Rocky Mountain Pipeline System to Magellan Midstream Partners.
• Counseled St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System in its $1 billion sale to Catholic Health Initiatives, a nationally recognized healthcare system.
• Represented Liberty Dialysis in its $1.7 billion sale to Fresenius Medical Care North America, the largest provider of dialysis services in the United States.
• Advised Grupo Bimbo S.A. de C.V. in its $959 million acquisition of Sara Lee’s North American fresh bakery business.

Government Investigations & Litigation

• Advised American Airlines in connection with multidistrict antitrust litigation alleging anticompetitive conduct related to domestic airline capacity and related government investigations into alleged anticompetitive conduct.
• Represented Hitachi Ltd. in connection with consumer class actions alleging an international cartel concerning optical disk drives.
• Represented Hitachi Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiary Maxell Corporation of America in connection with consumer class actions alleging anticompetitive conduct related to lithium ion batteries.
• Represented a leading automobile parts supplier and its affiliates in a series of criminal grand jury investigations and civil litigation involving antitrust allegations related to semiconductors and other consumer products.
• Represented Toshiba Corporation and several affiliates in multi-district antitrust proceedings related to LCD panels and products, and assisted with the defense of those entities in a class action antitrust trial.
• Represented a foreign air carrier in multi-district antitrust proceedings related to air cargo services.
• Represented the Generic Pharmaceutical Association as amicus curiae in Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. v. Apotex, Inc.
• Successfully defended ITOCHU International Inc. and its subsidiary MedSurg Specialty Devices, Inc. at trial against a $70 million claim for alleged material breaches of an agreement to distribute medical devices.
• Advised the audit committee of a telecommunications company in matters related to alleged Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations in Eastern Europe.

*List includes matters worked on prior to joining Akin.