Mr Jason Koenig > Akin > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

The M&A team at Akin works in tandem with the firm’s tax, debt finance, and IP teams to advise on stock sales, leveraged buyouts, tender offers, stock sales, carve-outs, and contested transactions. Primarily active within the energy, tech, and media industries, the group is led by Zachary Wittenberg, who is recommended for his experience in public and private M&A, and the corporate aspects of restructurings. Sergio Urias’ scope of work includes advising private equity funds on cross-border M&A and transactions within Latin America, while Houston-based John Goodgame handles strategic transactions and corporate governance work, and Jason Koenig covers shareholder activism matters. Unless otherwise noted, all named practitioners are based in New York.

Akin‘s New York-based shareholder engagement practice merges the expertise of a dedicated team with the experience of lawyers across the firm in corporate law, investment management and litigation to advise leading activist investor funds on domestic and global matters, helping clients affect board composition and leadership without disrupting growth and progress. The practice is led by Douglas Rappaport, per one client ‘a joy to work with’, whose skillset spans activist investment advisory work regarding board seat solicitation, corporate governance contests, and public relations and shareholder communications as well as regulatory and compliance issues, all the while being a top-class litigator. Also prominent in the practice is Jason Koenig, who advises on shareholder activism with particular experience in the context of special situations and distressed transactions.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP’s team capabilities a wide range of matters including traditional acquisitions of asset management companies, investments in hedge fund management companies, seed, stake, incubation transactions, and fund and investment platform restructurings. Team founder Lawrence Barshay, leads the practice, with a wealth of experience in representing and advising the most high-profile players in this space, on matters concerning   private equity transactions and mergers and acquisitions Jonathan Adler focuses his practice on complex transactions involving alternative investment vehicles, including hedge funds, real estate funds, private equity funds and hybrid funds while Jason Koenig represents asset managers on the formation, fundraising and management of funds across a wide range of strategies, including private equity funds, growth equity funds, multi-manager hedge funds, managed credit funds and tactical opportunities funds. All lawyers are based in New York unless stated otherwise.