Mr David Birke > Akerman LLP > Miami, United States > Lawyer Profile
Akerman LLP Offices
THREE BRICKELL CITY CENTRE
98 SOUTHEAST SEVENTH STREET, SUITE 1100
MIAMI, FL 33131
FLORDIA
United States
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Mr David Birke
Work Department
Corporate, M&A and Private Equity
Position
David Birke serves as co-chair of Akerman’s M&A and Private Equity Practice Group. David’s practice focuses on representing private equity funds, family offices and their portfolio companies in complex acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, restructurings, growth capital investments, and debt and equity financings. David’s wide ranging practice also encompasses representing other private and public companies with corporate governance, joint ventures, executive compensation, and general commercial matters. David brings a unique, pragmatic and solutions-oriented perspective to his client’s transactions; an approach shaped through numerous complex transactions coupled with his experience counseling clients as a certified public accountant at Arthur Andersen.
Prior to joining Akerman, David was a member of the corporate group of an international law firm, where his practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, primarily for private equity firms and their portfolio companies. Before practicing law, David was a certified public accountant with Arthur Andersen, where he advised clients in the healthcare, waste management, technologies, manufacturing, and hospitality industries.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
With extensive experience on both buy and sell-side mandates, Akerman LLP handles an impressive volume of middle-market deals ranging from M&A to buyouts, spin-offs, distressed company transactions and growth equity investments. Besides acting for privately held businesses, public companies and emerging clients, the Florida-based firm is also a go-to choice for private equity firms and their portfolio companies. Jonathan Awner in Miami is nationally recognised for his track record in the automotive sector, where he represents clients on strategic M&A, private equity deals and corporate governance matters. He jointly chairs the practice with David Birke in Fort Lauderdale, who is a key contact for private equity firms. Other names to note in the Miami office include Carl Roston, who is routinely sought out by mid-market private equity clients and large privately-held companies, and Kenneth Wiggins, who is active in the industrial, IT, aerospace, and automotive retail sectors.