Bio

Peter Hurm is a strategic consultant and legal advisor to companies and the people who run them. He is a partner and corporate transactional attorney with Akerman where his practice focuses on the representation of publicly traded and privately held companies in the areas of corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, regulatory matters, and general corporate representation across a wide range of industries, including technology (software, internet & biotech), entertainment, consumer goods, manufacturing, and automotive for both domestic and international transactions. Peter acts as outside corporate development and general counsel to companies advising them on their ongoing business operations, as well as structures and negotiates corporate transactions for every phase of a company’s life cycle for early stage, middle market, and multinational corporations. In the mergers & acquisitions arena, Peter advises on both strategic corporate and private equity transactions. In addition to corporate representation, Peter also advises on individual business matters for corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and entertainment celebrities. Peter began his professional career in the corporate tax transactions department of former international “Big Five” accounting and business consulting firm Arthur Andersen LLP. While at Arthur Andersen, he advised clients on a wide variety of complex tax transactional matters, including mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, corporate restructurings, and multi-jurisdictional tax planning.