- Represented Sally Beauty, the leading distributor of beauty supplies in North America, in four secondary offerings of common stock by one of the world’s leading private equity funds with proceeds of approximately $2 billion and public debt offerings by the company of more than $4 billion.
- Represented Graphic Packaging, a leading provider of paperboard packaging, in its $6 billion combination with International Paper’s consumer products business and its $1.8 billion acquisition of Altivity Packaging, a portfolio company of one of the world’s leading private equity funds.
- Represented Graphic Packaging in numerous other acquisitions and dispositions with consideration exceeding $3 billion, multiple public debt offerings with proceeds totaling more than $6 billion, and multiple primary and secondary offerings of common stock with aggregate proceeds of more than $2.5 billion.
- Represented leading international investment banks in several public offerings of debt securities and related debt tender offers by The Coca-Cola Company totaling more than $100 billion.
- Represented Silverpop, a leader in pinpoint marketing messaging, in its sale to IBM.
- Represented The Home Depot Inc. in public offerings of debt securities exceeding $30 billion.
- Represented Gold Kist, the third-largest integrated chicken company in the U.S., in several transactions, including its defense of a hostile takeover and subsequent negotiated sale for $1.25 billion, a $200 million 144A debt offering, and its $600 million conversion/recapitalization from a cooperative to a for-profit company and related $150 million initial public offering of common stock.
- Represented GMS Inc. in a public offering by its private equity sponsor, AEA Investors, of common stock with proceeds totaling $185 million and in a public debt offering for $350 million.
- Represented Mohawk Industries, the largest floor covering company in the world, in its $1.7 billion acquisition of a leading producer of ceramic tile and related $700 million 144A debt financing.
- Represented AuthenTec, a leading provider of fingerprint security and identity solutions, in four acquisitions, its defense of a hostile takeover, and its $360 million sale to Apple.
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Public and private companies across a variety of industries rely on Scott to guide them through buying, selling, and financing transactions as well as corporate governance and activist shareholder matters. His clients value his seasoned, business-focused perspective, built on more than 250 M&A deals and securities offerings.