At a Glance

Sarah Falkson Bothma is a transactional attorney in the firms Business and Finance Department. She assists public and private companies and investors in the healthcare, manufacturing, technology and distribution industries with strategic acquisitions and dispositions, as well as funding activities involving private equity and venture capital firms. Her experience includes mergers and acquisitions, tax-free reorganizations, IPOs and other capital-raising activities, joint ventures, liquidations and dispositions and general corporate matters.

Honors

• American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Senior Associate Editor
• Judge Abraham Caruthers Fellow
• 2015-16 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
• 2014-2016 Scholar of Merit Cumberland School of Law – numerous

Publications:

• Co-author - Denning, Brannon P. and Bothma, Sarah, Zone-of-Interests Standing in Constitutional Cases after Lexmark, 21 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 97 (2017)
• A Practitioner's Guide to Federal Prudential Standing After Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc., 39 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 199 (2015-2016)

Practice Areas

Cannabis Industry Practice Group

Business Counseling

Emerging Companies

Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures

Private Equity & Venture Capital

Health Care

Cross Border Transactions

Corporate Governance

Public Companies / Securities

Transactional Tax Planning

Not-for-profit & Tax-Exempt Organizations

Public Finance

Affordable Housing & Community Development Practice Group

Education

• University of North Carolina at Asheville, 2013 B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies, cum laude, research scholar
• Cumberland School of Law, JD 2016, deans list (all semesters)
• NYU LL.M. Taxation 2017

Bar Admissions

• New York
• Alabama
• Tennessee

Articles

8-17-23 Thirty-Eight Woods Oviatt Gilman Attorneys Named to the Best Lawyers 2024 List

9/20/22 Christian Henrich and Sarah Bothma assist Buffalo-based Allpro Parking in acquiation by New Orleans-based firm.