Scott’s diverse legal practice includes corporate law, project finance, real estate development and government affairs, offering clients a unique perspective on the intersection of government, business and the law.

Scott has represented clients involved in various Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) at the local, state and federal levels. He is recognized as a leading authority on the privatization and financing of military base infrastructure. In addition, Scott has represented private sector clients in the redevelopment of closed military bases. Leveraging his 15 years of experience with military housing P3s, Scott frequently counsels clients on negotiating and financing university infrastructure projects.

In the corporate law arena, Scott offers clients comprehensive legal services across the vast corporate spectrum, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate governance, contracts, joint ventures and commercial lending. He has a strong focus on understanding each client’s strategic business objectives.

Scott is committed to representing his clients’ interests at all levels of local, regional and national governing bodies in the United States. His knowledge of this area of the law, as well as his background as a professional journalist and his involvement in numerous political campaigns, have enabled him to bring an additional level of service to many clients. He combines legal and advocacy skills with strategic experience developed over years of work on an extensive variety of legislative, regulatory and policy projects. A native of Atlanta, he has represented numerous local, state and federal political candidates and officeholders, as well as political action committees.

Prior to attending law school, Scott was a newspaper and magazine reporter, with an emphasis on political reporting. This background gives him a unique vantage point from which to advise a range of clients. He has also worked on First Amendment issues and is a former editor of Georgia’s Sunshine Laws: A Citizen's Guide to Open Government. Scott is an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law, where he teaches contract drafting and deal skills.

Relevant Experience

• Represented national, on-campus student housing company in the development and financing of a $575 million student housing facility at the University of California Davis.
• Successfully negotiated 70-year enhanced use lease (“EUL”) between NASA and national infrastructure developer.
• Represented utilities privatization contractor in $400 million project finance transaction at Aberdeen Proving Ground (MD).

• Advised a short-listed consortium bidding to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the new Merced campus at the University of California.
• Advised a short-listed concessionaire in connection with its bid to design, build, finance and operate the student housing assets at nine campuses included in the Georgia Board of Regents’ student housing PPP project.
• Represented major Hollywood producer in the acquisition of former military base and its transformation into a film and television studio.
• Negotiated a master development agreement between a private sector team and the Georgia Department of Transportation for a multi-modal passenger terminal in downtown Atlanta.
• Represented a sponsor/developer in military housing PPP projects at more than 50 military installations in 25 states and the District of Columbia, in separate transactions valued at more than $4 billion.
• Represented a military housing developer in the financial restructuring of the Navy Northeast housing privatization project which involved the redemption of $500 million in bonds and the issuance of new debt to finance a revised project scope.
• Represented a leading airline company in restructuring its long-term catering outsourcing relationship, the carrier's second largest single contract.
• Represented a global services company in connection with its acquisition of the assets of a provider of long-distance telephone services throughout Europe, in exchange for the issuance of preferred stock.

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Education
JD, Emory University School of Law, 1996BA, Dartmouth College, cum laude, 1987