W. Scott Kitchens

• Represented a timber REIT in the negotiation of a joint venture to acquire $1.39 billion of timberlands with a consortium of private equity investors.
• Represented a leading fuel cards payments company in its $690 million acquisition of a Canadian global payments technology company. The transaction won the 2017 Canadian “Foreign Inbound Deal of the Year” from Canadian Dealmakers.
• Represented a leading restaurant franchisor with the negotiation of logistics and distributions agreements.
• Counsel to a southeastern venture capital and private equity firm in connection with investments into portfolio companies and other matters. 
• Represented a publicly traded paper and packaging manufacturer in its $1.8 billion acquisition of a consumer packaging business, including mills and converting facilities, in a transaction structured as an “UP-C,” forming a $6 billion joint venture partnership. 
• Represented a leading payments provider in negotiations to establish a closed-loop gift card joint venture with an aggregate value of more than $1 billion. 
• Represented a leading packaging and paper provider in multiple acquisitions of converting businesses in multiple bolt-on transactions.
• Represented a leading fuel cards payments company in a $3.4 billion acquisition of a fleet and diversified payments technology company. 
• Represented a Fortune 50 logistics company in supply chain, warehousing, and distribution agreements.
• Represented a U.S.-based flooring manufacturer in its $1.5 billion purchase of a specialty Italian wall and floor tile manufacturing company.

Scott Kitchens is a partner in the Atlanta office and a member of the Corporate & Business Transactions Group. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, joint ventures, technology transactions, and corporate governance. Scott is also leader of the firm’s Artificial Intelligence Team, where he focuses on the legal implications of the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the businesses of our clients. He represents public and private companies in a variety of corporate transactions, including M&A transactions, licensing and outsourcing, and strategic investments. 

Scott received his J.D. degree in 2007 from Vanderbilt University, where he served as an editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, received the Chancellors Law Scholarship, and served as president of the Law School Honor Council. He earned his undergraduate degree in finance, summa cum laude, from the University of Mississippi, where he was awarded the Taylor Medal and the Most Outstanding Student in Finance Award.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• Vanderbilt University (J.D., 2007)
• University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 2004)