Private Capital
Full-Spectrum Services for the Private Capital Industry
Akin is built to serve as a one-stop shop for private capital investors, investment managers, lenders and intermediaries across asset classes and geographies. With more than 40 years of experience, Akin has helped some of the industry’s pioneers form funds and deploy capital around the world since the earliest days of the modern funds industry.
Operating at the nexus of finance, restructuring, securities, M&A, tax, litigation and investment management, we advise on all aspects of the life cycle of private capital—whether in capital raising, regulatory, equity, hybrid or debt front-end transactions, liability management transactions, comprehensive restructurings or post-restructured corporate, finance, securities and crisis management matters.
Our private capital team operates across all our offices, ensuring continuous and cohesive client support across time zones.
Built to Structure Creative Investment Strategies
We have a long track record of advising some of the world’s largest asset managers in structuring complex investment vehicles, enabling them to raise capital and deliver creative capital solutions in an evolving financial paradigm. We are at the forefront of cutting-edge deals for performing and stressed companies, as well as fund managers.
A Fully Integrated Team Across the Capital Structure
Clients often rely on Akin to execute deals for which there is no blueprint. We routinely structure private credit, private equity, preferred equity & hybrid capital and special situations transactions involving a mix of complex economic and governance considerations. This includes tax and other specialist lawyers who focus on complex fund-driven transactions. Our investor-focused practice thrives in the most complex “off-the-run” transactions across all parts of the capital structure.
The Destination Firm for Facing the Government
Akin is a go-to firm for transactions intersecting with the U.S. government and regulatory bodies. We have top teams covering international trade law, CFIUS and foreign direct investment, government contracts and defense, critical supply chain issues and other regulatory considerations. Our team is uniquely positioned to advise investors on transactions with a high degree of government scrutiny. We understand the structural, technical and reputational considerations that arise in such transactions. Our team includes former members of Congress and others with considerable government experience, who help clients advocate on a range of legislative, policy and regulatory considerations.
Guiding Investors in an Evolving Risk Environment
As the private capital industry becomes increasingly regulated around the world, Akin helps clients navigate the changing regulatory environment, navigate audits and complex investigations and advise on a wide variety of legal and regulatory matters, including sanctions and export controls. We represent leading funds, as well as their key executives and traders, in regulatory and compliance issues, from navigating through preventative measures to examinations, investigations and enforcement proceedings arising under securities and commodities laws.
