Alan E. Davis 30YEARSAWARDED

Alan E. Davis

recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 1987
Awarded Practice Areas
Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Works at
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

49 Best Lawyers awards

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Biography

Alan practiced business law for five decades. During that time, he represented many closely held and family controlled public companies, handling hundreds of deals for clients engaged in the areas of manufacturing, retail, distribution, and service, among others.

Alan’s practice encompassed a broad range of legal matters, including financing, strategic business planning, securities transactions, the acquisition, sale and dissolution of businesses and related assets, and relations with suppliers, customers and non-union staff. He counseled clients throughout the entire life cycle of their business ventures, serving as a trusted advisor and providing highly-valued continuity of representation.

Alan had a notable concentration in franchise law, distribution and trade regulation issues, with extensive expertise in the representation of automobile dealership franchises. In alternative dispute resolution, as an arbitrator, he had a particular focus on disputes related to business divorces, post-acquisition disputes, corporate governance, contract issues, and franchise terminations. He was the draftsman of the original New Jersey Franchise Practices Act, enacted in 1971, and formerly served as chair of the firm's corporate law practice.

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Works at
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

49 Best Lawyers awards

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP logo

Locations

Education

  • Columbia University, J.D., graduated 1965
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, B.A., cum laude, graduated 1962

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey, NJ - 1965
  • New York, NJ - 1983

Affiliations

  • American Arbitration Association - Active Neutral, Commercial Panel (former member)
  • American Bar Association - Former Member
  • Middlesex County Bar Association - Former Member
  • New Jersey State Bar Association - Former Member

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2014 - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Woodbridge (2014)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2027 for work in:
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Awards:
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated AV Preeminent (a trademark of Internet Brands, Inc.)

  • Recipient of the Middlesex County Bar Association’s 2014 Robert N. Wilentz Lifetime Achievement Award, June 2014
  • Previously listed in Chambers USA (a publication of Chambers and Partners) in the Corporate/M&A practice area

  • Previously listed in New Jersey Super Lawyers (a Thomson Reuters business) in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Franchise/Dealership, Closely Held Business and Business/Corporate practice areas

Case History

Transactions
  • $4 million acquisition
Representation of a client in its $4 million acquisition of a dual automobile dealership franchise and the real estate on which both dealerships are located in a complex transaction involving numerous real estate, environmental, factory approval, zoning, formation and financing issues. The deal, based in a Southern state, called for coordination with local counsel to close the transaction, which required extensive negotiations with a seller who operated the business for many years.
  • Acquisition
Representation of a privately held New Jersey-based manufacturer of high performance specialty lubricants in its late 2013 acquisition by a publicly traded company based in Indiana for an undisclosed purchase price. Legal services included participation in valuation of the company, negotiation of price, and drafting of stock purchase and asset purchase agreements, and ancillary documents.
  • Corporate reorganization
Representation of a technology company in corporate reorganization to fund redemption of its founder’s membership interest in the company.
  • Liquidation and dissolution of assets
Representation of a trade association of approximately 1500 automobile dealers in the liquidation and dissolution of the organization’s assets.
  • $4.5 million workout
Representation of the debtor in a workout of a $4.5 million site improvement loan to a multi-make automobile dealership terminated by GM as part of its bankruptcy plan of reorganization.

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