October 1, 2025
Akerman represented Artmark Associates, Inc. and Artmark Products Corporation, a Doral, Florida-based leading value-added distributor and global sourcing partner to blue-chip OEM customers across a broad range of industrial and commercial end markets, in the successful completion of their management buyout by KLH Capital, a private equity firm focused on family- and founder-owned middle market companies.
The Akerman team was led by the listed Corporate Practice Group members listed below and included support from across the firm’s national platform:
- Jeffrey A. Fickes, Partner, Corporate Practice Group
- Christopher J. DePizzo, Partner, Corporate Practice Group
- Lauren M. Gonzalez, Associate, Corporate Practice Group
- Livia F. Vieira, Associate, Corporate Practice Group
- Peter A. Chiabotti, Partner, Intellectual Property Practice Group
- Diana R. Clarkson, Partner, Tax Practice Group
- Brenda J. Goerks, Partner, Real Estate Practice Group
- Christine Kim, Partner, Transactional Risk Practice
- Arlene K. Kline, Partner, Labor and Employment Practice Group
- Erika S. Labelle, Partner, Tax Practice Group
- Gabriel S. Marinaro, Partner, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice
- David J. Rosen, Partner, Tax Practice Group
- Sarah Campbell Smith, Partner, Environment and Natural Resources Practice
- Chelsy V. Lutz, Associate, Tax Practice Group
- Amanda P. Spector, Associate, Tax Practice Group
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