Alan E. Davis

Partner, Immediate Past Chair, Corporate Department
Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group

Practice Focus

Mr. Davis represents 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, and the purchase and sale of businesses and related business assets. Mr. Davis handles franchise, distribution and trade regulation matters, and problems associated with the dissolution of business entities.  In alternative  dispute resolution matters, he has a particular focus on three dispute areas: business divorces, post-acquisition disputes, and corporate governance disputes.

Professional Activities / Honors

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1987, in the Corporate category.
• Listed in Chambers USA - America’s Leading Business Lawyers since 2003, in the Corporate/M&A practice area.
• Listed in Super Lawyers - New Jersey Edition since 2005, in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice area.
• Active Neutral on the Commercial Panel of the American Arbitration Association.
• Member (1995 - 2008), Life Member (2008 - present) of the Board of Trustees of Monmouth University, Member of its Executive Committee and Chair of its Committee on Trustees. 
• Member of the Board of Trustees of the St. Barnabas Corporation (1999 - present) and Member of the Compliance Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee.
• Member of the Monmouth Medical Center Board of Trustees (1996-2009) and Chair (2004-2006).
• Member of the Monmouth Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees (1993-2009) and Chair (1996-1998); Honorary Member (2008 - present)
• Member of the American Bar Association.
• Member of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
• Member of the Middlesex County Bar Association.
• Served as one of two Governor’s Representatives on the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees Retirement System of New Jersey (1995 - 2002).

Publications/Articles/Presentations

• Author, "Buyer Beware: Buyer's Assumption of Seller's Ordinary Liabilities In Asset Purchases," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, October 1998.
• Author, "Potential Pitfalls of Corporate Distributions," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, October 1997.
• Author, "Partnering Means...?" Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, October 1996.

Other

• 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.  

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1965
• New York, 1983
• U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1965