Evan G. Smith

evan.smith@lw.com

+1.617.948.6089

Profile

Evan Smith advises companies and their stakeholders in life sciences, healthcare, technology, and other sectors at every stage of growth and operations, from company conception through exit, and beyond for companies going public. This includes:

Early-stage entity formation and corporate structuring
Angel, venture capital, and growth financings
Licensing and other commercial and strategic transactions
Employment matters
Securities law compliance
Mergers and acquisitions
Public securities offerings

A recognized leader at the firm, Evan has served as Corporate Department Co-Chair of the Boston office. He also led development of LathamDrive.com and edited Latham’s Emerging Companies Book of Jargon.

Experience

In addition to providing day-to-day corporate advice to many companies, Evan has advised:

Life Sciences/Healthcare

Baird Capital in venture capital investments
Boston Scientific in strategic investments in private companies
Cytrellis Biosystems in venture capital financings
DigitalOptometrics in strategic and growth financings
Fractyl Laboratories in venture capital financings
IntelyCare in venture capital financings
Immuneering Corporation in its:
- Venture capital financings
- Combination with Teva Pharmaceuticals
- Initial public offering
- Periodic reports and public filings
Kate Farms Inc. in growth financings
Laminar, Inc. in angel and venture capital financings
T2 Biosystems in its:
- Initial public offering
- Periodic reports and public filings
- Takedown offerings
Topera in its merger with Abbott Laboratories

Technology/Other

A123 Systems in its merger with Wanxiang America and Navitas Systems
A Cloud Guru in its:
- Venture capital financings
- Acquisition of Linux Academy
- Sale to Pluralsight
Ava Labs in corporate matters and token offerings
Cartera Commerce in its merger with Ebates (Rakuten)
Copiun in its:
- Venture capital financings
- Merger with Good Technology
Cherre Inc. in early stage and growth financings
Drizly in its formation and:
- Venture capital financings
- Sale to Uber Technologies for US$1.1 billion
Education.com in its sale to IXL Learning
The underwriters in the initial public offering of EverQuote
The Farmer’s Dog in venture capital financings
Gaia Design in venture capital financings
Ipswitch in its merger with Progress
IXL Learning in its
- acquisition of Rosetta Stone Languages
- acquisition of Wyzant
Micronetics in its merger with Mercury Computer Systems
Network Engines in its merger with UNICOM Systems
RealBlocks in early-stage and venture capital financings
Revelops (Logentries) in its merger with Rapid7
Synack in venture capital financings
Twitch Interactive, Inc. in its US$970 million merger with a multi-national technology company
TravelPerk in early-stage and venture capital financings