Kent Auberry Bio

With more than 40 years experience, Kent is a trusted legal advisor to businesses across North Carolina. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances and financing transactions. He often assists buyers and sellers in the health care, pharmaceuticals, med tech, textile, apparel and retail industries. Kent also serves as outside general counsel to businesses in those industries, assisting them with capital formation, corporate governance, contractual matters, federal and state securities law compliance, advertising issues, trade regulations, employee relations and other aspects of their day-to-day operations. He speaks daily with many of his clients, answering their legal questions and connecting them with specialists when needed. His experience extends to intellectual property matters, where he assists with transactions and technology, data and trademark licensing. Kent was a partner at Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, which combined with Fox Rothschild in 2018. Kent is an Adjunct Professor at the UNC School of Law, where he teaches Business Planning.