V. Dawson Kirkland

Dawson Kirkland works with Smith Anderson’s Corporate practice, where she advises a broad range of business clients on mergers and acquisitions and financial transactions.

Prior to joining Smith Anderson, Dawson practiced corporate law in the New York City office of a global law firm.

NOT ADMITTED TO PRACTICE IN NORTH CAROLINA

• New York University School of Law
  • Mentor, Women’s Mentorship Program
  • Member, Alumni Association
• University of Virginia
  • Mentor, Virginia Alumni Mentoring
  • Member, Alumni Association

• Editor and Academic Events Committee Member, New York University Journal of Law and Business

• Advised a provider of clinical trial contracting and payment services, and its investors, in its merger with a provider of complementary services.
• Advised the majority owner of a leading provider of retail staffing services in a definitive agreement to sell his interest to the company in a management buyout.
• Advised a leading pharmaceutical and biotech contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) in a definitive agreement to acquire a preferred provider of cGMP Biostorage and pharma support services for an undisclosed amount.