Akin Gump
Values & Culture
Practice Areas
- Transport & Logistics
- Education
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Infrastructure & Projects
- Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Investment Funds
- Media & Entertainment
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
Training Contract
- Starting Salary: £60,000
- Application Deadline: 4 January 2026
Notable Matters
Coller Capital and Apollo S3 acted as lead investors in the transaction, alongside Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The transaction marks, one of the largest in the Nordic region this year, enables CVC’s continued support of Ahlsell and its management team, while providing existing, and new, investors with the opportunity to participate in a high-performing asset with significant potential for further value creation. The Akin team was led by investment management partners Qasam Mahmood, Simon Ellis and Fadi Samman with support from counsel Benedict Watson, associates Matthew Allan, Paolo Caretta Cortegiani, Morgan Hensley and Zhane Austin.
Global Investigations Review has published an article titled, “Cooperating with the authorities: the US perspective,” co-authored by Akin white collar defense & government investigations co-head Chuck Connolly, partner Gerry Moody and senior counsel Abby Kohlman; national security & global investigations partner Ryan Fayhee; and litigation associate Madeline Bardi. The article examines the potential risks and benefits of cooperation for companies navigating government investigations in a rapidly evolving enforcement environment.
Akin’s global capital solutions team advised Bain Capital Special Situations, L.P., a leading capital solutions provider, in connection with a landmark $1.245 billion fixed-rate note offering and “E Note” issuance by GGAM Master Trust, its newly established securitization platform for mid-life commercial aircraft. This transaction marks the largest offering of its kind, setting a new benchmark in aviation finance. The note proceeds will be used to acquire an initial portfolio of 25 mid-life commercial aircraft owned by Griffin Global Asset Management, Bain Capital’s commercial aircraft leasing platform. This transaction establishes a new standard in aviation finance for mid-life commercial aircraft by creating a dynamic amortizing debt platform that aligns with aircraft depreciation and is scalable for future acquisitions. This transaction demonstrates Bain Capital’s ability to provide bespoke financing solutions and unlock value with respect to its aviation assets.
What Akin Gump Looks For
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Open to all of our people, our firmwide resource groups (FRGs) are a natural extension of our commitment to the collegial and collaborative culture our founders envisioned long ago. Below please find a list of our current FRGs. Women’s FRG Parents & Caregivers FRG Disability & Neurodiversity FRG First Generation/Social Mobility FRG Veterans FRG Asian FRG Black FRG LatinX FRG Middle Eastern & North African FRG Native American & Indigenous People FRG Out & Allied FRG.
- Opportunity & Inclusion Councils
Innovation
Artificial intelligence (AI) & machine learning (ML) are reinventing operations and upending business models across industries. With business and government around the world pivoting toward AI, the one certainty is that fascinating and revolutionary change is on the way. Akin’s AI/ML team advises our clients on existing and emerging legal, policy and regulatory issues triggered by AI/ML platforms and tools, including generative AI, quantum computing, deep learning/neural networks and cognitive computing, all of which provide the foundation for machines to imitate human intelligence and capabilities. Among many other high-profile matters, Akin recently represented OpenAI in its multiyear, multibillion-dollar investment from Microsoft.
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