Akin Advises Princeton Equity Group in its Sale of International Franchise Professionals Group

Akin Advises Princeton Equity Group in its Sale of International Franchise Professionals Group 

(Dallas) – Akin advised Princeton Equity Group, a private equity firm focused on partnering with growth franchisors and multi-location businesses, in the sale of International Franchise Professionals Group to CNL Strategic Capital, an investment vehicle sub-managed by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners. IFPG is the largest tech-enabled membership network and marketplace connecting franchisors, franchise consultants and vendors.  

The Akin team was led by corporate partner Thomas Yang and included counsel Niki Dost; and associates Joshua Parisi, Benjamin Sharp, Hannah Bush and Megan Hamilton. 

 The wider Akin team included: 

• tax partner Julia Pashin and counsel Aaron Vera; 

• real estate counsel Alex Agahzadeh; 

• labor & employment partner Lauren Leyden and counsel Alexandra Johnson;  

• executive compensation and employee benefits partner Stephanie Bollheimer;  

• intellectual property partner David Lee and associate Shivani Prakash;  

• cybersecurity, privacy and data protection senior counsel Michael Miller;  

• antitrust partner Brian Rafkin and associate Kaitlyn Marasi; and 

• environmental & natural resources practice head David Quigley and senior counsel Andrew Oelz. 

Further information on the transaction can be found here.  

Akin is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. 

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