As Akerman marks the one-year anniversary of its Atlanta office launch, it is close to the goal of building a full-service location. Since last September the office has grown to 14 lawyers, spanning health care, corporate, litigation, labor and employment law–and now real estate finance.

The office added three new partners last week: two in real estate finance, Anne Marie Garavaglia and Kinan Obeidin, from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, as well as construction litigation partner Robin Johnson from Dentons.