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Layne Smith

Layne Smith

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

Technology

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Closely Held Businesses

Emerging Companies

Mergers & Acquisitions

Private Equity

Technology Commerce

Career

Layne’s corporate practice focuses on merger and acquisitions, joint ventures, and outside general counsel work. He is co-chair of the Mergers & Acquisitions practice group. Layne regularly works with private equity sponsors, strategic acquirers, sellers and operating companies.

A significant amount of Layne’s experience involves advising operating companies and investors in the healthcare, technology, and real estate industries. On the healthcare front, he regularly handles transactions involving hospitals, surgical centers and physician practices. On the technology front, Layne assists a variety of tech companies with joint ventures, intellectual property licenses and services agreements. On the real estate front, Layne structures and negotiates joint venture and financing transactions.

Personal

Brigham Young University (J.D., 2005), magna cum laude

Brigham Young University (B.A., 2001), cum laude

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Strengths

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  • Layne is very responsive, knowledgeable and easy to work with.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the USA
  • Our business has benefitted meaningfully from his guidance. I cannot recommend him more highly.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the USA

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