Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP is pleased to announce that it has expanded its Corporate Practice Group in Austin with the addition of partner Marc Adesso. Adesso focuses his practice on representing emerging and established capital markets participants, including issuers, underwriters, and C-Suite executives. Adesso joins Akerman from Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP in Chicago

“Marc brings us over a decade of experience in a wide array of corporate matters, with a particular focus on complex capital markets transactions, often serving businesses in cutting edge areas such as the cannabis industry” said Corporate Practice Co-Chair, Jonathan Awner. “His addition to the team will undoubtedly enhance the services that we provide to our clients in Austin and nationwide and complement the team’s existing bench strengths.”

With broad-ranging experience advising public and private companies, including special purpose acquisition companies (SPACS) and real estate investment trusts (REITS), Adesso focuses his practice on innovative capital markets transactions, SEC disclosure, corporate governance matters, as well as M&A transactions.

Adesso regularly provides advice to clients in the technology, real estate/REIT, cannabis, healthcare, life sciences, and financial service industries in order to create long- and short-term financial solutions focused on enhancing shareholder value. He has extensive experience advising clients in initial public offerings, alternative public offerings, (primary and secondary) registered offerings and complex corporate transactions involving listed securities, including direct listings, reverse mergers, PIPEs, ATMs, Reg A and Rule 144A offerings. In addition to representing entities within the United States, Adesso also has experience with complex international and cross-border transactions.