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33 Arch Street
Suite 2500
Boston, MA 02110 US


Our firm is a powerhouse in the alternative investment management industry, built for the needs of Boston’s leading private credit funds, private equity funds and other alternative asset managers. Our firm has longstanding relationships with alternative capital providers based in the region and deploying capital worldwide.

With a focus on serving the alternative investment management industry, our Boston-based lawyers assist clients on a wide range of matters, including on transactional, regulatory, litigation and public policy issues. Our integrated team in Boston provides seamless, forward-thinking advice to our diverse investor client base.

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Wells W. Miller, Partner, Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits

Wells W. Miller
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33 Arch Street
Suite 2500
Boston, MA 02110 US

33 Arch Street
Suite 2500
Boston, MA 02110 US


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We work with the most active private credit investors in the market—including half of Private Debt Investor’s top 100 globally—structuring novel debt and equity investments. We help companies seeking flexible financing arrangements and advise on unconventional and opportunistic financings. Special situations and other distressed investors rely on us for their most complex structures, terms and instruments and to find creative solutions to challenging credits.

Our private credit team routinely assists credit investors, financial sponsors and borrowers in structuring innovative credit investments. This includes capital investments to companies with limited access to syndicated bank finance markets, financing solutions to stressed and distressed companies, direct lending transactions to private equity sponsors in connection with an acquisition and funding growth capital transactions with emerging technology companies.

Learn more about our special situations and private credit capabilities.

We work with the most active private credit investors in the market—including half of Private Debt Investor’s top 100 globally—structuring novel debt and equity investments. We help companies seeking flexible financing arrangements and advise on unconventional and opportunistic financings. Special situations and other distressed investors rely on us for their most complex structures, terms and instruments and to find creative solutions to challenging credits.

Our private credit team routinely assists credit investors, financial sponsors and borrowers in structuring innovative credit investments. This includes capital investments to companies with limited access to syndicated bank finance markets, financing solutions to stressed and distressed companies, direct lending transactions to private equity sponsors in connection with an acquisition and funding growth capital transactions with emerging technology companies.

Learn more about our special situations and private credit capabilities.

With more than 40 years of experience representing investment management and private equity clients, Akin has helped some of the industry’s pioneers form funds and deploy capital around the world.

Our Boston team handles investment fund-related mergers and acquisitions (M&A), secondary transactions, co-investment opportunities and direct investments in management companies. We have extensive experience representing private equity sponsors and portfolio companies in capital markets, unorthodox restructurings, recapitalizations and transformative strategic transactions.

Learn more about our investment management and private equity capabilities.

With more than 40 years of experience representing investment management and private equity clients, Akin has helped some of the industry’s pioneers form funds and deploy capital around the world.

Our Boston team handles investment fund-related mergers and acquisitions (M&A), secondary transactions, co-investment opportunities and direct investments in management companies. We have extensive experience representing private equity sponsors and portfolio companies in capital markets, unorthodox restructurings, recapitalizations and transformative strategic transactions.

Learn more about our investment management and private equity capabilities.

Our financial restructuring practice is widely recognized as one of the world’s most formidable restructuring groups by any measure. We have a long, successful track record of advising companies, official and informal creditors’ committees and ad hoc groups, institutional investors, funds, lenders and boards in formal in-court proceedings and out-of-court restructurings, financings and distressed and special situations transactions.

In Boston, our team also has significant experience in liability management transactions, the securities law aspects of out-of-court and in-court restructurings and representations of companies that have recently restructured.

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Our financial restructuring practice is widely recognized as one of the world’s most formidable restructuring groups by any measure. We have a long, successful track record of advising companies, official and informal creditors’ committees and ad hoc groups, institutional investors, funds, lenders and boards in formal in-court proceedings and out-of-court restructurings, financings and distressed and special situations transactions.

In Boston, our team also has significant experience in liability management transactions, the securities law aspects of out-of-court and in-court restructurings and representations of companies that have recently restructured.

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Our nationally recognized tax team has deep roots in Boston’s business community. Our lawyers have served as longtime tax counsel to the region’s leading private equity funds, venture capital funds and hedge funds. We advise on U.S. and international tax and structuring issues relating to fund formation, operations and investments, including U.S. tax issues arising from inbound and outbound investments by funds. Our team also assists buyers, sellers and target companies in private equity M&A and other domestic and cross-border transactions.

In addition, our Boston-based tax lawyers have deep experience advising on executive compensation. We work with private equity firms, private companies and executives to structure, and implement effective and tax-efficient compensation and benefit plans in compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and other applicable regulations.

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Our nationally recognized tax team has deep roots in Boston’s business community. Our lawyers have served as longtime tax counsel to the region’s leading private equity funds, venture capital funds and hedge funds. We advise on U.S. and international tax and structuring issues relating to fund formation, operations and investments, including U.S. tax issues arising from inbound and outbound investments by funds. Our team also assists buyers, sellers and target companies in private equity M&A and other domestic and cross-border transactions.

In addition, our Boston-based tax lawyers have deep experience advising on executive compensation. We work with private equity firms, private companies and executives to structure, and implement effective and tax-efficient compensation and benefit plans in compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and other applicable regulations.

Learn more about our tax capabilities >