Smith Anderson

Smith Anderson is a full-service business and litigation law firm headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. The firm serves regional, national, and global companies with counsel shaped by practical business judgment and deep legal experience. Its work focuses on helping clients manage transactions, disputes, regulatory issues, workplace concerns, and growth plans with responsive guidance, careful analysis, and solutions designed around each client’s goals across major industries, markets, and complex business environments.

Smith Anderson has served clients for more than 113 years and has grown to more than 170 attorneys. Nearly half of its attorneys joined from national and international firms, giving the firm a deep bench supported by local market value. The firm’s client-focused culture emphasizes thorough preparation, forward-thinking insight, efficient service, and close collaboration in matters involving business operations, ownership, financing, and risk management for clients across many complex industries.

Smith Anderson advises clients across banking and finance, corporate and transactional law, intellectual property, litigation, private client services, real estate development, regulatory and public policy, and workplace law. The firm also handles mergers and acquisitions, private equity, tax, health care, employment, environmental, construction, insurance recovery, trusts and estates, data privacy, technology transactions, and venture capital. This breadth allows clients to receive coordinated guidance across connected business needs and industry challenges.

Smith Anderson has earned recognition from Chambers USA, Best Law Firms, Best Lawyers, Benchmark Litigation, IFLR1000, LMG Life Sciences, and other respected ranking guides. Chambers USA 2025 ranked the firm in 13 practice areas, and Best Law Firms 2026 recognized 47 practice areas. These honors reflect the firm’s experience, strong professional standards, deep expertise, and continued focus on successful outcomes for clients in complex regional, national, and international legal matters.