Arthur Jay Schwartz

Arthur Jay Schwartz is a partner of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.

He currently serves as the firm’s Finance Partner. In his practice, Mr. Schwartz has particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions, finance, securities, commercial leasing, and technology.

Mr. Schwartz represents and advises clients in all types of mergers and acquisition transactions including “going private” and “leveraged buyout transactions,” representing both buyers, sellers and financing parties and regularly consults with public and privately held clients on the effective use of capital structure to accomplish a variety of financing objectives. In addition, Mr. Schwartz has an active practice in business acquisition and divestiture transactions, especially where the transaction involved complex financing structure issues. He regularly represents borrowers and secured and unsecured lenders in connection with all types of financing transactions and public companies and underwriters in connection with public equity and debt offerings.

Mr. Schwartz has extensive experience working with technology companies in all aspects of their business, including organizational structure, financing and capital raising, mergers and acquisitions and public and private securities offerings.

Mr. Schwartz received his A.B. degree in history and political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969. He received his J.D. degree from Emory University in 1972, where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi legal honor fraternity.

A member of the Corporate and Banking section of the American Bar Association, Mr. Schwartz is also a member of the Lawyers Club of Atlanta, the State Bar of Georgia Corporate section, the Atlanta Bar Association Corporate and Corporate Counsel sections. He served on the Board of Trustees of the Atlanta Jewish Federation and its Endowment Fund Board from 1999 to 2008 and he also serves on The University of North Carolina Jewish Studies Center Advisory Board and the Board of Visitors of Emory University from 2006 to 2009. From 1999-2002 he served on The Emory Law School Council. He is also the Past President of The Temple in Atlanta, where he was president from 2002-2004.

Mr. Schwartz has spoken at professional education seminars on small business and financing topics.