Heyward D Armstrong

Heyward Armstrong joined Smith Anderson in July 2006, where his practice focuses on corporate and securities law, including advising companies and their officers and directors on public company securities compliance, public and private offerings, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and corporate governance matters. These matters involve a variety of industries, including a focus on the pharmaceutical, biotech and other life sciences areas. Heyward co-leads Smith Anderson’s Public Companies practice group. He chairs the Business Corporations Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association and is a member of the Corporate Laws Committee of the American Bar Association.

Before joining Smith Anderson, Heyward practiced law at an international law firm in London, England, where his practice focused on advising U.S. and non-U.S. private investment funds and fund managers on a broad range of legal issues arising under U.S. federal and state securities laws and regulations.

Before working in London, Heyward clerked for the Honorable James A. Beaty, Jr., United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina.

While in law school, Heyward interned with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement, where he assisted in cases involving accounting fraud, insider trading and other securities law violations.

Prior to attending law school, Heyward was employed as a Senior Accountant with a global accounting firm in Raleigh, N.C., in its Assurance and Advisory Business Services group, where he supervised the planning and completion of audits of a number of public and private companies. He is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant.