Colby W. Smith

Colby was named a 2015 40 Under 40 by The M&A Advisor and a 2014 Lawyer on the Fast Track by The Legal Intelligencer. He received the 2013 Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) New York Champion’s Award for Cross-Border Deal of the Year (more than $250 million).

He serves as chair of the Philadelphia office Pro Bono Committee.

Mr. Smith’s significant transactional representations (in addition to general day-to-day corporate and securities offerings and compliance representations) include:

• Representation of a publicly traded service and tire automotive aftermarket company in a sale transaction.
• Representation of a defense, security and aerospace company in its acquisition of an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance provider.
• Representation of pharmaceutical distributor in connection with the sale of its pharmacy automation business.
• Representation of a publicly traded provider of information technology solutions for the hospital and retail industries in a sale transaction.
• Representation of a healthcare services company in a carve-out divestiture of its pharmaceutical and specialty packaging line of business.
• Representation of a technology company in its carve-out divesture of a defense and aerospace technology business.
• Representation of a life and fire safety security solutions provider in a variety of acquisition and divesture transactions.
• Representation of a private equity fund in various acquisition and divestiture transactions of manufacturing, transportation and business services companies.
• Representation of an international specialty pharmaceutical packaging company in its sale transaction.
• Representation of a security products and services company in a variety of acquisition transactions of software services companies.
• Representation of a glass container manufacturing company specializing in food and liquor in its sale transaction with an international manufacturing conglomerate.
• Representation of minor league baseball franchises in stadium development initiatives and acquisition/divesture transactions.
• Representation of an investment services firm in its carve-out acquisition of a software services line of business.
• Representation of a managed health care company in a joint venture transaction for the provision of healthcare services.
• Representation of a private equity fund in its carve-out acquisition of a plastic packaging manufacturer specializing in cheese and meat packaging products.
• Representation of a medical device company in its acquisition of a specialty technology company; Representation of an insurance company in a joint venture transaction for software services and support.
• Representation of a software documentation provider in its carve-out acquisition of a software portfolio; Representation of a government services firm in its sale transaction with an international management consulting firm.
• Representation of a publicly traded consumer products company in a sale transaction.