Akerman

What Akerman does

Akerman LLP is a Florida-domiciled limited liability partnership operating as one of the Am Law 100 law firms in the United States, with over 700 lawyers and business professionals distributed across 23 offices. The firm was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Miami, with additional offices spanning Florida, the Southeast, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic, the Midwest, the Mountain West, and the Northeast, including Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Tampa, and Washington, D.C.

Akerman's core offering is full-service legal counsel organized around practice areas including corporate and M&A, private equity, financial services, tax, real estate, litigation (including securities and white collar/government investigations), healthcare, intellectual property, labor and employment, bankruptcy, and government strategies. The firm has logged a series of high-profile mandates — including defending UnitedHealth Group in shareholder litigation tied to the $13 billion Catamaran acquisition, representing ARMOUR Residential REIT in an $85 million shareholder class action, advising on the $880 million Prime Automotive Group asset sale, and serving as deal counsel to multiple private equity sponsors such as Graycliff Partners, Hidden Harbor Capital Partners, Trivest Partners, and Fourshore Partners — illustrating depth in PE, M&A, securities litigation, and regulated industries. Technology-enabled offerings include eDiscovery services, the Akerman TaxAbility Matrix (a tax compliance decision platform), client portals (Akerman Connect on Box, My Binder), and Akerman Intelligence (AI thought leadership), alongside the January 2026 Law+AI Initiative with USC Gould School of Law.

Revenue is generated primarily through traditional billable-hour professional services with selective use of alternative fee arrangements, fixed fees, contingency, and subscription-style arrangements for ongoing relationships. The firm reports record revenue of $627 million in fiscal year 2025, a 12% gain over the combined 2024 results of Womble and Lewis Roca, with a publicly stated target of reaching $1 billion in revenue. Marketing and business development operate through partner-led relationship management, industry rankings (Chambers USA, Best Lawyers, Vault Law 100, Legal 500, PitchBook), thought leadership content (Akerman Lens, Leisure Law Insider), sponsored industry events, and unconventional networking channels such as co-hosted pickleball events. The firm is led by Chairman and CEO Scott A. Meyers alongside a C-suite including COO David Ristaino, CFO Matt Squire, CHRO Amy Mattos, CMO/CDO Iris Jones, CIO Azfar Shamsi, and Chief Talent Officer Danielle T. Shannon.

Name

Akerman

Legal name

Akerman LLP

Website

https://akerman.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2026

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Akerman LLP is an Am Law 100, Florida-domiciled full-service law firm with 700+ lawyers across 23 U.S. offices, serving private equity sponsors, public companies, financial institutions, healthcare entities, and automotive retailers across M&A, tax, litigation, and regulatory matters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Corporate legal services
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Private equity law
• Litigation services
• Tax advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices24 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Billable Hours: Traditional hourly billing for legal services across practice areas including corporate, M&A, real estate, tax, litigation, and financial services. Primary revenue driver for the firm.
2. Legal Services - Alternative Fee Arrangements: Fixed fees, contingency arrangements, and subscription-style arrangements for ongoing client relationships and specific transaction types.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Akerman LLP is a full-service national law firm providing legal counsel across practice areas including corporate, M&A, private equity, tax, litigation, financial services, real estate, intellectual property, labor and employment, healthcare, and bankruptcy. The firm also delivers technology-enabled services such as eDiscovery and the Akerman TaxAbility Matrix for data-driven tax compliance, and operates client-facing portals including Akerman Connect and My Binder.

Product overview

Akerman LLP is an Am Law 100 law firm with over 700 lawyers across the United States offering full-service legal counsel. The firm's technology-enabled offerings include Akerman Intelligence (AI strategy and thought leadership), the Law+AI Initiative (educational program with USC Gould School of Law), Akerman TaxAbility Matrix (a technology platform for tax compliance management), My Binder (client content portal), Akerman Connect (collaborative extranet for document management), and eDiscovery Services. The firm also operates specialized practice groups in Tax, Consumer Financial Services/Data and Technology (CFS+), Intellectual Property (including Trademarks), Financial Services, and other legal disciplines. Akerman's services are accessed through client portals including My Binder and Akerman Connect (which uses Box for document storage), with billing handled through LawPay. The core offering is legal services rather than a software product, with technology solutions serving as enablers for legal practice delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Akerman Intelligence: AI Strategy, Research, and Thought Leadership initiative
• Law+AI Initiative
• Leisure Law Insider

Quantifiable outcome

• Record $627 million revenue in 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• USC Gould School of LawflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Akerman and USC Gould School of Law launched the Law+AI Initiative in January 2026 to develop standards for AI adoption in the legal industry. This flagship initiative bridges legal scholarship and commercial innovation, focusing on ethical AI use, technology implementation, and developing industry standards for law firms.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig is a similarly-sized full-service Am Law firm with Florida roots and a national footprint, making it Akerman's closest direct competitor in core practice areas including corporate, M&A, real estate, and litigation.
• Holland & Knight: Holland & Knight is a comparable full-service Am Law firm with shared Florida heritage, similar headcount scale, and overlapping practice strengths in litigation, corporate, healthcare, and real estate, making it a head-to-head rival for talent and clients.
• Baker Donelson: Baker Donelson is a directly comparable Am Law firm of similar size and Southeast concentration that actively competes for Akerman's talent—as demonstrated by its recruitment of 14 attorneys from Akerman's North Carolina offices in late 2025.
• Reed Smith: Reed Smith is a similarly-sized full-service Am Law firm with comparable practice mix in litigation, corporate, financial services, and regulatory matters, competing for the same enterprise client engagements.
• McDermott Will & Emery: McDermott Will & Emery is a comparable-sized full-service firm with strong healthcare and private equity practices—directly overlapping Akerman's key verticals and competing for similar enterprise client mandates.

Regional players

• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough: Nelson Mullins is a Southeast-anchored full-service firm of similar scale, providing overlapping regional competition particularly in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas where Akerman has its deepest presence.
• Womble Bond Dickinson: Womble Bond Dickinson is a comparable transatlantic firm used as an explicit benchmark in Akerman's 2025 revenue reporting, with overlapping full-service practice capabilities and Atlantic coast concentration.

Broad incumbents

• DLA Piper: DLA Piper is a much larger global full-service firm competing with Akerman for enterprise and mid-market corporate clients, particularly on cross-border matters where its international platform creates an aspirational benchmark.
• Latham & Watkins: Latham & Watkins is a much larger global Am Law leader dominating the PE/buyout practice area where Akerman just earned top recognition, representing the upper-bound competitor that Akerman's PE clients may use on larger mandates.
• White & Case: White & Case is a larger global full-service firm with strong PE/M&A and financial services practices, competing with Akerman for high-value enterprise mandates and serving as a benchmark for global capability expansion.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/akerman_law
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/akerman

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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