People

Smith Alpert

Partner

New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue

Smith Alpert focuses his practice on representing private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies as well as other private companies in complex business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, leveraged buyouts, cross-border transactions, corporate carve-outs, joint ventures, minority investments, financings, reorganizations and complex corporate governance matters.

Smith also provides clients with day-to-day general corporate advice and counsel on business operations, including employment matters, equity compensation, commercial contracts and confidentiality agreements.

While in law school, Smith was a contributor to the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy.

Results
  • Represented Nautic Partners in numerous transactions, including:
    • Its acquisition of Harrington Industrial Plastics, a leading distributor of piping and other engineered fluid process products, from Aliaxis and subsequent sale to Bain Capital
    • Its sale of Spartech, a leading custom manufacturer of specialized acrylics and other extruded plastics, to TJC
    • Its investment in SPS Health, a leading value-based care solutions provider serving post-acute pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)
    • Its sale of Canada Cartage, the leading short-haul trucking and logistics business in Canada, to Mubadala Capital

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Recognitions
  • Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, Top Rated Mergers & Acquisitions Attorney in New York, 2024
  • New York State Courts Office for Justice, Certificate of Distinguished Service
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2026-2027
Capabilities and industries
Regional markets
Community
  • St. Anthony Trust of Hartford, member, board of directors
Credentials
Education
  • Georgetown University Law Center, JD
  • Trinity College, BA
Admissions
  • New York