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Areas of Practice:
Mergers and Business Acquisitions, Divisions and Divestitures
Venture Capital and Private Placement of Securities
Corporate Finance and Transactions
Planning for Start Up Businesses and Emerging Companies
Real Estate Transactions and Commercial Lending
Taxation of Corporations and Pass Through Entites
Securities Regulation
Banking Regulation
Business and Corporate Law
Mr. Smith is a partner in the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions practice group and has substantial experience in a myriad of business matters including organizational, governance, mergers and acquisitions, taxation, securities and regulatory matters. He also represents venture capital firms as well as business entitites with respect to venture capital and the private placement of debt and equity securities. He provides legal counsel to financial institutions regarding regulatory and lending matters and to real estate developers regarding the acquisition and development of commercial and residential real estate. He is listed in the Mergers and Acquisitions list of Best Lawyers in America , 2008 and 2007 Editions and is listed in the areas of Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Tax and Securities Regulation in Chambers USA Americas' Leading Lawyers for Business ; 2007 Edition. He is also listed in the Tax Law and Trusts and Estates lists of Best Lawyers in America , 2008 Edition. He is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law where he teaches the law of Mergers and Acquisitions and has previously taught Securities Regulation and Corporate Practice Ethics.
Mr. Smith has been the Co-Chairman of the Arkansas Venture Forum and the Co-Chairman of Arkansas' Federal Tax Institute. He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Arkansas Venture Forum, the Executive Committee of the University of Arkansas Technology Development Foundation, the Board of Directors of GENESIS Technology Incubator and the Board of Advisors of the Arkansas Tech University School of Business. He also serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arkansas Tech University Foundation, where he chairs its Finance Committee, is the current chairman of the Fayetteville Community Foundation, and serves on the Board of Directors of the North Arkansas Symphony, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas and the MANA Foundation. He is a 2002 graduate of Leadership Fayetteville.
Certification/Specialties:
Certified Public Accountant, 1994 (Registered Inactive)
Bar Admissions:
Arkansas, 1994
U.S. Tax Court, 1995
Education:
New York University School of Law, New York, NY , 1995
LL.M. Masters of Law in Taxation
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center, Fayetteville, AR , 1994
J.D.
Honors: With Honors
Honors: Arkansas Law Review, Member
Arkansas Tech University, 1991
B.S. in Accounting
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Wall Street Journal Award as top student in School of Business, 1991
Published Works:
Campbell v. Commissioner: The Eighth Circuit Adds Uncertainty to the Tax Treatment Regarding the Receipt of a Profits-Only Partnership Interest in Exchange for Services, 61 Tax Notes 11, December 13, 1993
Debt Cancellation Contracts: A Forgotten Asset, 112 The Banking Law Journal 9, 918, October, 1995
Honors and Awards:
40 Under Forty, Arkansas Business, 2001
40 Under Forty, Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, 2001
Arkansas Tech University Hall of Distinction, Inducted 2001 as Outstanding Young Alumnus
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Arkansas Bar Association, 1994 - Present
Member, Tax Section (Chairman June 2004 - June 2005)
Arkansas Bar Association, Member Securities Section, Business Law Section and Real Estate Section
American Bar Association, Member Tax Section
Washington County Bar Association
Arkansas Society of Certified Public Accountants
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Birth Information: November 3, 1968, Russellville, Arkansas.
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