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Arthur Jay Schwartz
Senior Counsel / AtlantaArthur Jay Schwartz is Senior Counsel in the Corporate Practice of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.
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Full Bio
Mr. Schwartz formerly served as the Firm’s Managing Partner and 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. He 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 transactions 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 and in all aspects of their business, including organizational structure, financing and capital raising, mergers and acquisitions and public and private securities offerings.
He has served on The University of North Carolina Jewish Studies Center Advisory Board from 2003 to 2010 and the Board of Trustees of the Atlanta Jewish Federation and its Endowment Fund Board from 1999 to 2008, as well as the Board of Visitors of Emory University from 2006 to 2009. From 1999 to 2002 he served on The Emory Law School Council. He is also a Past President of The Temple in Atlanta, where he was president from 2002 to 2004 and served as the Chairman of the Endowment Board of Trustees from 2013 to 2018. Mr. Schwartz has spoken at professional education seminars on small business and financing topics.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.
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Representative Experience
Representative Experience:
- Represented The Adecco Group, the world’s leading provider of work force solutions, in the sale of the legal consulting and e-discovery business to Consilio.
- Represented Hicks Electric & Utility Supply Company, Inc. in its sale to Winsupply.
- Represented Account Control Technology Holdings, Inc., one of the nation’s leading debt recovery accounts receivable management and business process outsourcing companies, in its sale to TransWorld Systems, Inc.
- Represented The Adecco Group, the world’s leading provider of work force solutions, in connection with the $612 million sale of Soliant Health, its U.S. healthcare staffing business, to Olympus Partners.
- Represented Gigamonster, one of the nation’s leading fiber based internet providers in the multi-family industry, in the sale of a majority interest to Barrings, one of the world’s leading financial services firms.
- Represented Republic National Distributing Company, LLC, the second largest distributor of alcohol beverage products, in connection with its joint venture with Young’s Market Company.
- Represented Gigamonster, one of the nation’s leading fiber based network providers in the multi-family industry, in connection with its acquisition of Amtec Communications.
- Represented MS Biotech, a leading provider of natural proprietary products that maximize performance in the beef feed lot and dairy markets, in connection with a sale of a majority interest to Paine Schwartz Partners.
- Represented The Adecco Group, the world’s leading provider of work force solutions, in connection with its acquisition of Bio Bridges, a career portfolio management company.
- Represented The Adecco Group, the world’s leading provider of work force solutions, in connection with the sale of its subsidiary, Onforce, to World Market.
- Represented Ironwood Capital Partners in the sale of their fund management business, Timbervest, which is comprised of a 530,000-acre timberland portfolio worth approximately $1 billion.
- Represented Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation in the sale of Atmosphere Annealing and NitroSteel to Z Capital.
- Represented Trinity Healthcare Staffing Group in its acquisition by Travel Nurse Across America (TNAA).
- Represented Adecco Group in the merger of its subsidiary Beeline with IQNavigator.
- Represented Nutrition Physiology Corporation in its sale to private equity firm, The Halifax Group, LLC.
- Represented AirTran Holdings, Inc. in connection with AirTran’s attempted $445 million acquisition of Midwest Air Group, Inc.
- Represented Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Pacific Coast Steel, Inc. and Bay Area Re-enforcing.
- Represented National Distributing Company, Inc. in its combination with Republic Beverage Company.
- Represented Given Imaging, Ltd. in the acquisition of the Smart Pill Corporation assets.
- Represented Sasco Chemical Group, Inc. in connection with its sale to private equity firm, Arsenal Capital Partners.
- Represented Lamin-Art, Inc. in its sale to the Arborite subsidiary of Wilson-Art Engineered Services.
- Represented Gerdau Ameristeel US, Inc. in the purchase of Cycle Systems, Inc.
- Represented Gerdau Ameristeel US, Inc. in the sale of the Bright Bar Division to Nucor Corporation.
- Represented Gerdau Ameristeel US, Inc. in its purchase of Tamco Steel from Ameron International Corporation, Mitsui & Co. (USA), Inc. and Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Represented Gerdau Ameristeel US, Inc. in the sale of Sand Springs Railway Company.
- Represented Harbert Management, a private equity firm, in connection with the acquisition of the assets of Sirious Technologies, Inc.
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Bar Admissions
Georgia
Georgia State Courts
U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit -
Education
Undergraduate- University of North Carolina
Law School- Emory University
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Memberships
Lawyers Club of Atlanta
State Bar of Georgia, Corporate and Banking Sections
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, Board of Trustees – Life Trustee
The Emory Law School Council (1999-2002)
The Temple, President (2002-2004)
The University of North Carolina Jewish Studies Center, Advisory Board (2003-2010)
Emory University Board of Visitors (2005-2009)
American Jewish Committee – Atlanta Board of Trustees (2008-Present)
University of North Carolina Board of Visitors (2012-2015)
Chair, The Temple Endowment Board of Trustees (2013-2018) -
Recognitions
Chambers USA, Leading Business Lawyers- Corporate/M&A (2011-2019)
Legal 500 U.S. South Atlantic Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: M&A Lawyers
Georgia Trend magazine-Legal Elite
Georgia Super Lawyer (2004-2006)
Martindale-Hubbel AV® Preeminent rated
The Best Lawyers in America®, Atlanta, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law (2025-2026)
IFLR1000 Leading Lawyers -
SGR Publications
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Represents Adecco Group in Sale of OnForce to WorkMarket
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Represents Clients, Ironwood Capital Partners, LLC and Timbervest, LLC in Sale of Fund Management Business
- Chambers USA 2017 Recognizes SGR Attorneys and Practice Areas Among Best in the Country
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Represents Client, Gerdau, in Sale of Atmosphere Annealing and NitroSteel to Z Capital
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Represents Trinity Healthcare Staffing Group in Acquisition
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Represents Adecco Group in Beeline Merger with IQNavigator
- Chambers USA 2016 Recognizes SGR Attorneys and Practice Areas Among Best in the Country
- SGR Represents Lamin-Art, Inc. in Acquisition by Arborite
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Represents SASCO Chemical Group, Inc. in Acquisition
- Commercial Leasing: How to Avoid Costly Mistakes
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Press
- The Best Lawyers in America® Recognizes 105 SGR Attorneys in 2025 Edition
- SGR Partners Recognized in IFLR1000 Leading Lawyers for 2023
- The Best Lawyers in America® Recognizes 102 SGR Attorneys in 2024 Edition
- Smith Gambrell Russell Partners Recognized in IFLR1000 Leading Lawyers for 2022
- Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 91 SGR Attorneys in 2023 Edition
- Smith Gambrell Russell Represents The Adecco Group in Sale of Legal Solutions Business to Consilio
- Smith Gambrell Russell Represents HESCO Supply in Sale to Winsupply
- Smith Gambrell Russell Unveils Modern, New Logo as Flagship Office Relocates to 1105 West Peachtree
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Represents Account Control Technology Holdings, Inc. in Sale to Transworld Systems Inc., Forming Largest Accounts Receivable Management Company in U.S.
- SGR Partner Justice Leah Ward Sears Honored with 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Anti-Defamation League at the 24th Annual ADL Jurisprudence Awards
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Partners Recognized in IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate and M&A Rankings for 2020
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Client, the Adecco Group, Completes $612 Million Sale of Soliant Health to Olympus Partners
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Represents Internet Provider GigaMonster in Significant Capital Raise through Majority Investment from Barings
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Represents The Adecco Group in Agreement to Sell Soliant Health to Olympus Partners for $612 Million
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Leases Additional Full Floor at Midtown’s 1105 West Peachtree for Atlanta Office Relocation
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Represents Republic National Distributing Co. in Joint Venture Partnership with Young’s Market Company
- Chambers USA Guide 2019 Recognizes 13 SGR Attorneys and 6 SGR Practice Areas Among the Best in the Country
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Kicks Off Leasing at 1105 West Peachtree with 102,320-Square-Foot Atlanta Headquarters Relocation Lease
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Represents Internet Provider GigaMonster in Acquisition of Amtech Communications
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Represents MS Biotec® in Strategic Investment Transaction with Paine Schwartz Partners
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Represents Internet Provider Gigamonster in $45 Million Capital Raise and Merger with Fibersphere Communications
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Partners Recognized IFLR1000 Elite Dealmakers for 2018
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Represents The Adecco Group in Sale of Remaining Interest in Beeline
- Chambers USA 2018 Recognizes SGR Attorneys and Practice Areas Among Best in the Country
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Represents the Adecco Group in Acquisition of BioBridges