Jake B. Smith

• Structuring and negotiating the acquisition of the stock of Watsonville Hospital Corporation (that owns and operates the Watsonville Community Hospital) financed with the subsequent sale-leaseback of real estate to a publicly traded real estate investment trust.
• Representing Arizona’s largest behavioral healthcare provider on various transactions, joint ventures and other matters as outside general counsel.
• Negotiating the structure and formation of a private equity fund’s joint venture investment followed by simultaneous acquisition of a software company.°
• Representing SaaS company as outside general counsel in various acquisitions (stock and asset purchase including acquisitive mergers).
• Structuring and negotiating the formation of a joint venture followed by its purchase of an interest in multiple healthcare-based limited liability companies relating to an overall restructuring of a large physician and hospital system joint venture.°
• Representing a real estate investment trust on various transactions, including formation of joint ventures and sale-leaseback transactions.°
• Structuring and negotiating the acquisition and subsequent sale of a public company’s real estate franchising business.°
• Representing a private equity fund with its sale of a high-profile premium clothing company to a publicly traded company.°
• Advising on the formation of various private equity funds targeting distressed real estate assets and other operating businesses.°
• Representing a private equity fund’s acquisition of a sporting goods business.°
• Structuring and negotiating a part-sale and part-contribution of the assets of a large construction company to a newly formed joint venture with a private equity fund.°
• Advising and structuring of reorganizations for numerous entities involved in a restructuring or bankruptcy to maximize tax benefits.°
• Structuring and negotiating complex operating agreements for limited liability companies.
• Negotiating and obtaining settlements with the IRS on numerous occasions, including the audit of a large manufacturing company and various private equity funds.°
• Providing guidance to investors/developers to increase the likelihood of investor characterization of certain real estate parcels.°
• Structuring and negotiating various other asset acquisitions, sales, mergers, and dispositions.

°The above representations were handled by Mr. Smith prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

• Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, “Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Stars”
• Honoree, “Arizona’s Finest Couples,” 2012

• Member, State Bar of Arizona
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Real Estate Committee
  • Member, Partnership & LLC Committee