Frankie Shulkin
Partner
Areas of Focus
- Special Situations
- Corporate & Finance
- Capital Markets
- Corporate Governance
- Advises companies and private equity funds on special situations and a variety of complex corporate transactions.
- Assists clients on corporate governance matters.
- Represents private and public companies in connection with general corporate and capital markets transactions.
Frankie represents private equity and debt funds, as well as private and public companies, in a wide range of transactional special situations matters, including strategic equity and debt investments, general securities and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) transactions, and distressed transactions and restructurings in and outside of bankruptcy.
Frankie has significant experience representing investment funds and companies in special situations and other complex business transactions. He has a particular focus on negotiating, structuring and managing corporate transactions on behalf of private equity and special situations funds. Frankie also represents post-restructured companies in a wide range of corporate matters. In addition, his experience includes special committee advisory work, including the representation of special committees and conflicts committees in connection with various dropdown acquisitions.
Prior to joining Akin in 2021, Frankie was an attorney at another major global law firm. He has also served as a law clerk for U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
- Representation of Kennedy Lewis Investment Management in connection with numerous equity and debt investment transactions.
- Representation of private equity investment funds in connection with numerous corporate matters, including portfolio company representation.
- Representation of a private equity fund in a “stalking horse” bid and purchase of assets out of bankruptcy.
- Counsel to an ad hoc group term loan lenders of Travelport Worldwide in connection with in an out-of-court recapitalization and exchange transactions.
- Counsel to ad hoc group of first lien lenders in negotiations related to the prepackaged chapter 11 cases of Avaya and its affiliates.
EducationJ.D., University of Texas School of Law, 2013
B.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, with high honors, 2009
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 2013
B.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, with high honors, 2009
Bar AdmissionsNew York
Texas
New York
Texas
- The Best Lawyers in America, One to Watch, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, 2021.
