George Smith is an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in its Financial Services Group in Washington, DC, where he represents bank and non-bank financial institutions in regulatory matters and strategic transactions. Smith began his legal career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets. Prior to his legal practice, Smith was an analyst at Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo in their respective asset management businesses.

Smith earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School where he was a Dean’s Honors Award recipient, a Teaching Fellow in corporations law and corporate finance, and an Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership Student Fellow. He also earned his MBA from Columbia Business School where he was a Private Equity Fellow and Toigo Foundation MBA Fellow. Smith graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts from Georgetown University.