Venture Capital Financings & Strategic Investments
Corporate Governance
Profile
Mr. Smith is resident in the Seattle office. His practice focuses on representing emerging and public companies in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets offerings and venture capital and strategic investments.
Mr. Smith has represented many of the region's leading public technology and life sciences companies, for which he has advised on corporate governance and securities matters and has led a variety of private and public financing transactions and mergers and acquisitions. He also has an active venture capital financing practice, having represented many of the region's leading start-ups and venture capital firms.
Education
Stanford Law School, J.D., Order of the Coif, 1996
Stanford University, B.A., 1993
Admitted to Practice
Mr. Smith is admitted to practice in Washington and before the United States Courts of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
Additional Information
Mr. Smith has been recognized as one of the top corporate and mergers and acquisitions lawyers in Washington by Chambers USA, annually as a Super Lawyer by Washington Law & Politics since 2003, and as one of the "Top 40 Under 40" by the Puget Sound Business Journal.
He is a frequent speaker on corporate finance topics, including the initial public offering process, venture capital and angel financing and mergers and acquisitions.
He was a law clerk to Judge Stephen S. Trott of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1996-1997.
