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Akin Gump releases report examining COVID-19-era private debt market
Following a year of pandemic-related challenges, a new report from Akin Gump’s special situations group says that 2020 and the first half of 2021 still saw robust private equity (PE) activity, with healthy volume helping to drive significant demand for private debt lending to PE portfolio companies.
Read MoreAkin Gump takes number one spot in The Washington Post’s top workplaces survey
The Washington Post has ranked Akin Gump number one in its list of best places to work in the Washington, D.C. area. The firm took the top spot in the Large Companies category of the publication’s annual Top Workplaces survey.
Read MoreAkin Gump advises Zimmer Energy Transition Acquisition Corp. in Its $345 million IPO
Zimmer Energy Transition Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company listed on the Nasdaq Global Market, announces the closing of its initial public offering (IPO) of 34.5 million units at a price of $10.00 per unit, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional 4.5 million units from the company. A team from Akin Gump advised Zimmer Energy Transition Acquisition Corp. on its formation and IPO.
Read MoreAkin Gump advises Alden Global Capital in $633 million deal
A team from Akin Gump represented Alden Global in its acquisition of Tribune Publishing Company.
Read MoreJesse Betts and Cole Bredthauer join Akin Gump as partners in Dallas and Fort Worth respectively
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld adds two Thompson & Knight corporate transactions partners in Texas, joining two former colleagues who recently made the same move, as a shakeout affects Thompson & Knight before its planned merger with Holland & Knight.
Read MoreM&A partner Brittain Rogers joins Akin Gump as partner in New York
Akin Gump announces that Brittain A. Rogers has joined the firm as a partner in its corporate practice in New York. Mr. Rogers comes to Akin Gump from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
Read MoreAkin Gump advises CEC Entertainment in $650 million private notes offering
CEC Entertainment, LLC, a nationally recognized leader in family entertainment and dining, today announced that it closed a $650 million offering of its 6.750% senior secured notes due 2026 and a new $50 million revolving credit facility.
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