Akerman, seeking to round out its middle-market M&A and private equity practice, has hired Ted Rosen, who was an administrative partner for Fox Rothschild’s New York corporate and public companies practices and co-chair of that firm’s private equity group.

Rosen, who joined Akerman on Monday as a corporate partner, advises companies and private equity funds in mergers, management buyouts, recapitalizations and growth strategies, as well as in matters related to structuring, organization, governance, financing, employment and compensation.