Bio

R. Alan Higbee is the Managing Partner of the Tampa office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where he is a member of the Corporate Practice Group. Alan represents public and private domestic and international companies and entrepreneurs in all facets of general business, corporate and securities matters, including public and private equity and debt offerings, mergers and acquisitions, business contracts, business transactions, joint ventures, corporate governance, and franchise matters. He has significant experience in the restaurant and hospitality, auto dealership, defense, homeland security, fertilizer, agricultural products, chemicals, metals, mining and manufacturing industries. Alan is a Martindale-Hubbell AV® rated attorney and has been named by Chambers USA as America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and is one of the Best Lawyers in America® in Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, and Mergers & Acquisitions for ten years in a row.