Akin capital solutions team co-leader Ranesh Ramanathan appeared on Bloomberg Intelligence’s ‘The Credit Crunch’ podcast to discuss his legal career, including his move to in-house roles at Citigroup and Bain Capital, and his return to private practice at Akin to eventually launch the firm’s global capital solutions team. He examines broad opportunities in the capital solutions space, meeting companies where they are with tailored solutions to achieve their objectives, the broader growth in funding alternatives and potential extensions for Akin’s platform.
“When we get a call for a new transaction, we bring them a team of finance lawyers, equity lawyers, tax lawyers, the right experts in whatever the field is, for that initial kickoff call, just to make sure we’re going down the right path,” Ranesh says on the firm’s one-stop shop. “The question to the client is not ‘What is the deal?’ The question is ‘What are you hoping to achieve?’”
In terms of growth for the group, Ranesh tells Bloomberg that Akin is, “looking for creative lawyers, for people who can adapt, who have the core skill sets.”
He continues, saying “we have a lot of the core skill sets today, but building out of those core skill sets of equity transactions, derivative transactions and structured transactions.”
“That’s the Akin story,” concluded Ranesh. “I think we’re humming beautifully. I think there’s more to be done, but I think it’s off to a really strong start with great client uptake.”
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