Alan Michael Smith
Name: Alan Michael Smith
Gender: Male
Nationality: American
Address: 4075 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Bar Admission: The State Bar of California
Alan Michael Smith focuses on Fraud and White-Collar Criminal Defense, advising private equity firms and other strategic clients on tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, restructurings and other transactional tax matters. Alan works with clients ranging from global Fortune 500 companies to middle market private equity sponsors.
- A legal professional with extensive courtroom experience and in-depth knowledge of financial regulations and anti-fraud laws. Possesses excellent defense and negotiation skills, a successful record of resolving high-stakes claims, and the ability to remain calm under pressure while conducting complex legal research and evidence analysis.
- Alan has represented or is representing clients in the following matters:Private Equity
- Bain Capital Real Estate in evaluating, negotiating and structuring real estate joint ventures and management arrangements with operators and managers.
- BV Investment in its acquisition of Source Advisors, a market leading specialty tax solutions and software provider focused on the SMB market, and Source Advisors’ subsequent acquisition of GovGrant, a premier UK-based R&D tax relief services and Intellectual Property consulting firm.
- Castanea Partners in its investment in Tatcha, LLC, a luxury skincare brand.
- Cinven Partners in its investment in Drake Software, a provider of software for tax preparers.
- CIVC Partners in its acquisitions of Magna Legal Services, Specialized Elevator Services, Crest Insurance Group, Young & Associates and Industrial Networking Solutions, numerous subsequent transactions by CIVC portfolio companies, and the sales of Specialized Elevator Services to 3Phase Elevator and Magna Legal Services to Odyssey Investment Partners.
- Cove Hill Partners in its strategic investment in and recapitalization of NetDocuments and its investments in and sale of Storable and LiveAuctioneers.
- Harvest Partners and its portfolio companies in a variety of matters including:
- VetCor, a portfolio company of Harvest Partners and Cressey & Company, in its acquisition of People, Pets & Vets, a veterinary services company.
- Acquisition and subsequent sale of Lazer Spot, the market leader in mission critical, outsourced yard management services in the United States and Canada.
- Acquisition of Yellowstone Landscape, the second largest commercial landscaping company in the United States.
- Kohlberg & Co. in its acquisition of a majority stake in GPRS Holdings, the nation’s largest provider of scanning services for subsurface infrastructure.
- LightBay Capital in its investment in Alliance Animal Health, a multi-site owner, operator and business partner to veterinarians throughout the United States.
- McNally Capital in connection with its investments in Altamira Technologies and sale of Genesys Aerosystems.
- Summit Partners in the founding of Fortis Life Sciences and subsequent add-on acquisitions by Fortis Life Sciences.