Dealmakers: Scott Wasserman, Stephen Roddenberry, William Arnhols, Daniel Schwartz, Brenda Goerks and Sergey Kotelnikov

The Deal: The Akerman team in Miami represented the Boca Raton-based GEO Group Inc. in the $307 million acquisition of eight correctional and detention facilities in Louisiana, Texas and Alabama from LCS Corrections Services. The cash deal closed Feb. 17.

Details: With the acquisition, GEO now owns or manages 106 facilities with about 85,500 beds in the U.S., Canada, South Africa, Australia and the United Kingdom.