Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Esmé Smith's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, securities transactions and compliance, corporate finance, and general corporate representation. Her experience includes public and private merger and acquisition transactions, including stock-for-stock mergers, cash mergers, and public tender offers; public equity and debt securities offerings, including initial public offerings; private placements of equity and debt securities; and venture capital financing transactions. She also counsels clients on corporate governance and corporate compliance matters, including fiduciary issues, insider trading and Section 16 compliance, as well as 1934 Act reporting and related federal securities laws and regulations. She has also worked with private and public clients in formulating executive and employee equity compensation arrangements. Esmé has also worked extensively with emerging and established technology-focused companies, both as transaction counsel and with respect to general corporate counseling.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Capital Markets

Representative Cases

• Acquisition
• Acquisition of Composite Optics Incorporated
• Form 10 registration
• Going Private
• Initial Public Offering
• IPO
• Merger
• Outside General Counsel
• Public Offering
• Public Offering of Common Stock
• Restructuring of Wickes Inc.
• Sale of company
• Spin-out transaction
• Tender Offer
• Tender Offer

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Loyola Marymount Univ - CA

Address

1755 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303

Phones

1.650.739.3929 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.650.739.3900 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com