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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Offices
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20004
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20004
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mr Jerome Akman
1.202.373.6827 jerome.akman@morganlewis.com
Work Department
Latin America Team; Corporate and Business Transactions; Finance
Position
Jerry maintains a multidisciplinary international law practice, including work on foreign investment in the United States and abroad (acquisitions and establishment of new companies); general legal representation of foreign companies and their US subsidiaries in connection with matters both within the US and abroad; negotiation of agreements (financial, licensing, distribution and agency and other commercial agreements); defense of foreign clients in US and foreign litigation; protection of foreign creditors’ interests in US bankruptcy proceedings; and matters arising under US trade laws (antidumping, countervailing duty, US customs, trade sanctions, and other import and export restrictions).
Education
Northwestern University; Harvard Law School
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Project finance
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Transport > Rail and road: finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Government > State attorneys general
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Industry focus > Sport
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense