R. Harrison Smith III

hsmith@maynardnexsen.com
+1 205 254 1101

Harrison is a Shareholder and Chair of the Firm’s Compliance and Risk Management group, a multidisciplinary team that provides assessment, advisory, and incident response services designed to enhance organizational value and resilience.

Harrison’s practice focuses on designing and implementing corporate governance, risk, and compliance programs, which has included serving as the acting general counsel or compliance officer at several multinational companies. Harrison has also handled a wide range of criminal and civil litigation matters, and he has extensive experience performing pre-transaction due diligence and conducting internal corporate investigations, including international investigations in Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America. Harrison also regularly counsels clients on cybersecurity and privacy matters.

Prior to joining Maynard Nexsen, Harrison served as a law clerk to Judge Gerald Tjoflat of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and practiced with the law firm of Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C.