Current Employment Position(s)

Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group

Lawyer Overview

Robert Smith is a Partner in the Firm's Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group.  His diverse corporate practice focuses on representing individuals, companies and financial institutions in general business, transactional, securities and regulatory matters.  He has handled transactions in a variety of industries including the banking, broadcasting, retail, manufacturing, technology and health care industries.  Mr. Smith also regularly represents professionals and professional firms.

Mr. Smith was born in Lewisville, Arkansas.  He joined the Firm in 1999, and became a partner in 2007.

His "Practice Tip" article on drafting shareholder agreements was published in the Winter 2008 edition of The Arkansas Lawyer.  (http://www.fridayfirm.com/CM/LegalArticles/Drafting%20Shareholder%20Agreements.pdf)

Mr. Smith's article on managing risk in third party contracts was published in the September, 2008 edition of The Arkansas Banker.  (http://admin.fridayfirm.com/CM/LegalArticles/Managing%20Risk%20in%20Third%20Party%20Contracts.pdf)

He also co-authored an article with Bryan Duke on the TARP Capital Purchase Program that was published in the November, 2008 edition of The Arkansas Banker.
http://www.fridayfirm.com/CM/News/The%20Arkansas%20Banker%20-%20November,%202008.pdf

Areas of Practice

• Corporate/Business Law, Planning and Transactions
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Banking Law & Regulation
• Securities Law & Regulation
• Tax Law/Planning (Federal & State)
• Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies
• Professionals and Professional Firms

Representative Clients

• Southern Bancorp, Inc.
• Farmers Bank & Trust / Magnolia Banking Corporation
• First National Bank of Berryville / First Carroll Bankshares, Inc.
• First National Bank of Fort Smith / First Bank Corp.
• First National Bank of Green Forest / First National Bancorp, Inc.
• Dillard's, Inc.
• Rubber & Gasket Company of America, Inc.
• Orion Capital Partners Central, L.L.C.
• Medical Assets Holding Company, LLC
• The Wilcox Group Architects, Inc.
• Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter Architects, Ltd.
• SCM Architects, PLLC
• GBMc & Associates, Inc.
• HARCO Constructors, LLC
• Horticare Companies

West Practice Categories

Mergers & Acquisitions, Commercial Banks, Venture Capital, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Joint Ventures, Business Organizations, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Private Placements, Securities Regulation, Taxation Law, Corporate Taxation, Income Taxation, Sales & Use Taxes

Certification/Specialties

• Certified Public Accountant (Registered Inactive), Arkansas

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American, Arkansas and Pulaski County Bar Associations (Member)
• Arkansas Bar Association - Tax Section (Chairman (2008-2009))
• Arkansas Society of Certified Public Accountants (ASCPA) (Member)
• ASCPA Taxation Committee (Member)
• ASCPA Federal Tax Institute Committee (Member; Co-Chair (2006, 2008))
• Arkansas Rice Depot (Member, Board of Directors)

Honors and Awards

• Recognized in Mid-South Super Lawyers as Rising Star in Area of Mergers & Acquisitions, 2008

Education

• University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida
  LL.M. (Taxation)
  Honors: Graduate Editor, Florida Tax Review
• University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, Little Rock, Arkansas
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
  Honors: Associate Editor, UALR Law Review
• University of Arkansas at Little Rock
  B.S.
  Major: Accounting

Address

400 West Capitol Avenue
Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522

Phones

(501) 370-1559 (Direct Dial)

Faxes

(501) 376-2147

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