Smith Anderson's 2019 Closed Business Transactions In Review

In 2019, Smith Anderson advised clients on more than 190 business transactions totaling over $4.6 billion in value.

The following provides an overview of some of our clients' closed business transactions in 2019. Highlights include: 

• More than 50 Mergers & Acquisitions totaling over $2 billion in value
• Over $405 million in Real Estate Development and Construction transactions, including Kane Realty's $73 million permanent financing of Park Central Apartments in Raleigh
• Over 50 Life Sciences and Health Care transactions totaling nearly $2.6 billion in value, including numerous $100M+ pharma product acquisitions and in- and out- licenses
• Over 70 Debt Finance, Private Equity and Venture Capital transactions totaling more than $989 million in value, including a $40 million Signature Bank senior credit facility 
• Nearly 30 Start-Up and Growth Company Financings totaling over $30 million in value 
• Represented Precision BioSciences in its $145.4 million Initial Public Offering
• SPOTLIGHT: Advised First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCNCA) in its acquisition of Entegra Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: ENFC) including First Citizens' topping bid of the announced Entegra merger with SmartFinancial, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMBK)

VIEW OUR SELECTED 2019 BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS