John M.
Scott

A partner in the Corporate Department and member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group and Private Equity Group, John Scott focuses his practice primarily on mergers and acquisitions transactions for private equity megafunds and their portfolio companies and strategic investors.

John has extensive experience representing clients in leveraged buyouts, growth financings, sales of portfolio companies and similar transactions involving public and private companies. The Legal 500 has recognized him as a leading lawyer for private equity buyouts and M&A mega-deals, and in 2022, John was featured as one of Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Dealmakers in America.”