• Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of multiple home services businesses.
• Represented a private equity firm in its majority investment in an operator and franchisor of oil change and automotive maintenance service centers, and related add-on acquisition of a portfolio of car washes.
• Represented a private equity firm in its strategic investment in a leading operator and franchisor of outpatient mental health clinics.
• Represented a private equity firm in its investment in an operator and franchisor of industry-leading athletic-based training facilities.
• Represented a private equity firm in its investment in a leading franchisor of hydraulic hose repair and replacement services.
• Represented a private equity fund in the acquisition of a distributor of fluid power and power train solutions.
• Represented a portfolio company in acquisitions of aggregates mining companies across the southeast United States.
• Represented founders of a top provider of mitigation, reconstruction, and roofing services to leading commercial property owners and asset managers in sale of majority stake to private equity firm.
• Represented founders of a leading provider of cloud computing, data analytics, application development and managed services in sale of majority stake to private equity firm.

Strategic M&A

• 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, and related divestitures.
• 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 a publicly traded company in its acquisition of a health care technology company.