Smith Anderson

Smith Anderson is the largest business and litigation law firm headquartered in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina—one of the country’s fastest-growing hubs for technological and life sciences innovation. We advise dynamic regional, national and global companies and entrepreneurs and are known for extraordinary client service, highly-reliable judgment, and fees that fall below the national average. Our firm is a rare combination of legal and business innovators with a culture and heritage that has been shaped for more than 100 years.

Our firm’s reputation for collaboration and excellence has drawn lawyers from some of the finest law schools and AmLaw 100 firms to help serve our firm’s clients. With exceptional breadth of knowledge and experience spanning national and international markets, our attorneys handle the most complicated and sophisticated matters in a wide variety of industries, including mission critical technology transactions in life sciences & agricultural technology, bet the company business disputes, and transformative M&A deals.

Our practice largely falls within the following areas:

Corporate/M&A
Employment, Labor and Human Resources
Finance/Capital Markets
Government Relations
Healthcare
Business Litigation
Private Client Services
Private Equity/Fund Formation
Real Estate Development & Construction
Technology & IP

Recently, our firm was honored to win the 2020 “North Carolina Firm of the Year” award presented by Benchmark Litigation at its annual U.S. Awards which recognizes the country’s most distinguished litigators and law firms for their business litigation work. Additionally, Chambers practice and lawyer ranking honors include recognition in the following categories:

Chambers Global

Agribusiness (one of nine in the world to be recognized in the Chambers Global publication)

Chambers USA

Construction & Real Estate (including Land Use and Zoning and Real Estate Finance)
Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions
Banking & Finance
Environment
Intellectual Property
Labor & Employment
Litigation: General Commercial
Tax

We are also proud to be ranked in leading legal publications that rate client service excellence, as we are passionate about creating lasting, quality client relationships. One such honor is our recognition as a “Client Service A-Team” firm by BTI Consulting Group for the past five years.

Our firm has a proud legacy of helping clients succeed for more than a century. We value our many long-standing client relationships and always appreciate the opportunity to welcome new clients to our firm.

Thursday, 22 September, 2022

Nearly Two Dozen Members Ranked in IFLR1000

Twenty -two firms and more than 55 lawyers were ranked in IFLR1000, the international legal directory dedicated to ranking law firms and lawyers on the basis of financial and corporate transactional work.

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Friday, 16 September, 2022

Smith Anderson

SEC Adopts Final Pay-Versus-Performance Disclosure Rules

On August 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules implementing the “pay-versus-performance” disclosure requirement called for under Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

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