2021 Completed Business Transactions and Active Litigation: Smith Anderson's Year in Review

Smith Anderson advised on more than 300 completed national and international business transactions in 2021 totaling over $12 billion in value, and our trial-tested attorneys provided counsel in hundreds of disputes in complex areas of law involving more than $1 billion in controversy. 

2021 highlights include:

• AgTech practice named one of the top seven agribusiness practices in the world by Chambers Global.
• More than 130 Debt Finance, Private Equity and Venture Capital transactions totaling over $4B in value, including advising a leading automotive parts provider in its $1.2 billion senior revolving credit facility.
• Represented clients with Real Estate Development and Construction transactions totaling nearly $3 billion in value, including representing Heritage Properties, Inc. in its sale of Bloc83 (comprising two office towers), the largest single real estate sale transaction in downtown Raleigh’s history.
• More than $3B in Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Venture and Public Offering transactions, including advising Epic Games, Inc. in the acquisition of Sketchfab, Inc., an online 3-D modeling company, and in the acquisition of Harmonix, creator of the Rock Band and Dance Central franchises.
• LMG Life Sciences “Impact Deal of the Year” Award for Precision-Lilly $2.7B gene therapy collaboration, plus over $1.5B in additional Life Sciences Collaboration and Licensing transactions.
• Advised clients in nearly 40 Start-Up and Growth Company Financings.