Scott A. Minot - Atlanta, GA

Overview

Education

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Representative Cases

• Acted as lead counsel to a $100 million technology company in its acquisition by a private equity firm, structured as a cash and earn-out transaction with rollover equity through an F-reorganization.
• Represented a $71 million veterinary emergency and specialty medicine company in its acquisition by a private equity firm, structured in part as a tax-deferred contribution under Section 721(a).
• Advised a multi-unit retail thrift company on the roll-up of subsidiaries and subsequent equity sale to a publicly traded company.
• Served as lead counsel to a food storage and contract packaging company in the sale of real estate and warehousing assets in exchange for debt and equity.
• Guided a large privately held exterior solutions company through the strategic acquisition and roll-up of multiple home improvement businesses.
• Served as lead counsel to a $17 million privately held drilling and rock blasting company in its full equity sale to a strategic buyer for cash consideration.
• Represented the nation's top school fundraising company in its acquisition of key competitor assets, strengthening market leadership.
• Served as lead counsel to a promotional products company in the sale of substantially all assets to a publicly traded company for a combination of cash and equity.
• Represented a $36 million privately held software company in its acquisition by a private equity firm, structured as a full equity sale for cash and rollover equity.
• Advised a privately held engineering firm in a $90 million roll-up transaction involving multiple acquisitions, structured with cash and rollover equity.
• Represented a $35 million privately held manufacturing company in the sale of all equity to a private equity buyer for cash and rollover equity.
• Served as lead counsel to a U.S. retail chain in the sale of substantially all assets to a $3 billion publicly traded Chinese company.
• Represented multiple commercial HVAC service companies in asset sales involving cash and equity consideration.
• Advised several privately held corporations on capital raising activities, including private placements, stock issuances, and the structuring of strategic alliances.
• Counseled high-net-worth individuals and family trusts on the structuring and launch of family office operations.
• Lead counsel to a major investment management firm in negotiating placement agent agreements for private offerings raising several hundred million dollars.
• Represented a $50 million privately held manufacturing company in its acquisition by a strategic buyer for cash.
• Lead counsel in the sale of a multi-million-dollar privately held services company to a private equity firm, structured with cash, debt, and warrants.
• Represented numerous technology and software companies in the negotiation of SaaS, licensing, OEM, distribution, VAR, development, and professional services agreements.
• Advised a privately held company on the formation and management of a multi-million-dollar international joint venture in the global biofuels market, with operations in Latin America and Africa.
• Represented a publicly traded company in the restructuring of a billion-dollar international joint venture based in the Philippines.
• Represented a publicly traded technology company in the formation and execution of a billion-dollar international joint venture with News Corporation.
• Represented a publicly traded company in the $141 million acquisition, through a Philippine subsidiary, of all preferred shares in a BVI-based international business company.
• Advised a privately held company on a proposed multi-million-dollar investment in a sugarcane-based ethanol production project in the Dominican Republic, including the formation of an international joint venture.
• Represented a publicly traded company and its wholly owned U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries in their emergence from bankruptcy, including reorganization and reincorporation under a confirmed Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia, 2001

Other Affiliations

• State Bar of Georgia (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)