February 22, 2011

Akerman Senterfitt represented private equity firm Comvest Group in its purchase of a majority stake in Haggen Inc., an operator of 30 grocery stores in Washington and Oregon. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The Akerman team included Carl Roston, Martin Burkett, Susanne Zabloudil, William Arnhols, Frank Cordero, Shannon Sullivan, Jacob Spiegler, and Angela Ramey.

Akerman is recognized by U.S. News - Best Lawyers as a national tier one law firm for Private Equity, and for Corporate, M&A, and Securities/Capital Markets law in the U.S. In addition, Akerman's Corporate practice is recognized by The Legal 500 within the National Firms - Middle Market category and is ranked #1 by Chambers USA for Corporate/M&A in Florida. Akerman advises many public and emerging companies, and private equity and investment funds on M&A, public offerings, private equity and venture capital investments, and other transactional matters.

About Akerman Senterfitt
Akerman is ranked among the top 100 law firms in the United States by The National Law Journal NLJ 250 (2010) in number of lawyers and is the leading Florida firm. With 500 lawyers and government affairs professionals, Akerman serves clients throughout the United States and overseas from Florida, New York, Washington, D.C., California, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada and Texas. More information can be found at www.akerman.com or www.twitter.com/akerman_law.