Corporate & Transactional

Recognized as a premier law firm for established corporations and emerging businesses alike, Smith Anderson has earned a reputation as a national caliber firm in corporate and transactional matters. With a diverse portfolio of practice areas and services, we are positioned to serve as the single legal services source for businesses with regional, national, and international interests.

Our Corporate team is comprised of seasoned lawyers, many of whom were former C-level executives, were in-house counsel, or have national experience from previously practicing at some of the most prestigious global law firms. Lawyers in our Corporate practice have extensive experience advising clients ranging in size from large public companies to emerging growth businesses in a variety of industries on deals valued from several million to over a billion dollars.

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Ranked by Chambers USA for excellence, our Corporate/M&A practice holds the esteemed publication's highest distinction for our region and continues to have more lawyers recognized in the Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions category than any other North Carolina-based law firm. A source who was interviewed by Chambers commented: "They stayed focused, thought imaginatively, and always interacted well with the counterparties in a very complicated transaction. They are excellent on corporate law."

The firm also ranks as one of the nation's top law firms for client service excellence in the BTI Client Service A-Team guide, the only law firm ranking based solely on direct, unprompted feedback from corporate counsel. Best Law Firms® has consistently awarded its Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking to Smith Anderson in the practice categories of Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking and Finance, Securities/Capital Markets, Corporate, Venture Capital, Real Estate, and Health Care law, among others. Additionally, the firm has received two national rankings in Venture Capital and Land Use & Zoning.

Smith Anderson has deep experience in many sectors and has sophisticated teams dedicated to multiple areas of corporate law, including:

• Commercial Contracts
• Corporate Governance
• Financial Institutions
• Insurance Regulation
• Life Sciences Corporate Partnering & Licensing
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Public Companies
• Emerging Companies & Venture Capital
• Tax
• Tax-Exempt Organizations

For over 100 years, our firm has been guided by core principles of reliability, stability, and trusted advice. Our objective with our clients is to build lasting relationships and to ensure a consistently high quality of service, responsiveness, and efficiency. We work side-by-side with our clients and are available to them around the clock.

Recent Experience Highlights

Each year, Smith Anderson advises clients on a wide range of sophisticated business transactions and high-stakes litigation matters. Our annual highlights provide a snapshot of recent completed deals, disputes, and client work across our practices, reflecting the depth of our experience and the practical, responsive counsel our clients rely on.

View Recent Business Transactions & Litigation Highlights.

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