Alan E. Davis is a name partner of the firm and immediate past chair of its Corporate Department. Mr. Davis has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1987for Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions. He is also listed in Chambers USA - America�s Leading Business Lawyers since 2003 as a leading lawyer in the Corporate/M&A practice area. Mr. Davis has practiced law for more than 40 years and is a noted business law authority. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey (1965) and New York (1983). Mr. Davis practices with particular emphasis on the representation of small to medium size business enterprises, both publicly and closely held, in diverse areas including manufacturing, retailing, distribution and service. He advises clients on a full range of matters including financing, relations with suppliers, customers and non-union staff, securities, business planning, the purchase and sale of businesses and related business assets and problems associated with the dissolution of business entities. The original author of the New Jersey Franchise Practices Act, Mr. Davis also has extensive experience handling franchise, distribution and trade regulation matters. In 2007, Mr. Davis became an active neutral on the Commercial Panel of the American Arbitration Association. Mr. Davis served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Monmouth Medical Center (2004 - 2006). Since 1993, he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Monmouth Medical Center Foundation and served as its Chair (1996-98). Mr. Davis is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Monmouth University and its Executive Committee and serves as Chair of its Committee on Trustees. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Saint Barnabas Corporation, New Jersey�s largest hospital system. From 1995-2002 he served as one of two Governor�s Representatives on the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees Retirement System of New Jersey. Mr. Davis graduated, cum laude, from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey (1962), and received his law degree from Columbia Law School (1965). Following graduation from law school, he served on active duty with the Adjutant General�s Corps of the U.S. Army and was discharged with the rank of captain in December 1967. He is a member of the Middlesex County, New Jersey State, and American Bar Associations. |