Scott guides both buyers and sellers through the acquisition and/or disposition of private or publicly held insurance entities.
He works closely with company officers and directors. Scott oversees the Insurance Transactions team, an integral part of Eversheds Sutherland US’s Insurance practice. He focuses on domestic and international M&A, finance and securities, and taxation issues as they relate to life, property and casualty insurance companies, blocks of insurance business, investment advisers, broker-dealers, insurance agencies, and other insurance-related organizations.
A former corporate general counsel of ING America Insurance Holdings, Inc., where he led an aggressive acquisition effort across the Americas, Scott possesses an intimate understanding of the inner workings of major corporations and their legal departments. That experience helps insurance companies navigate the legal issues that often run parallel to, or follow, major transactions, including restructuring, reinsurance, financing, regulatory, and general corporate and transactional matters.
- Represented Arch Capital on its acquisition of Ventus Risk Management, Inc., a commercial property managing general underwriter, pursuant to a stock sale.
- Represented National Western Life Insurance Company on its acquisition of Ozark National Life Insurance Company and Ozark’s affiliated broker-dealer, NI.S. Financial Services, Inc. for approximately $205 million.
- Represented Advisor Group in its acquisition of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., a transaction with a total enterprise value of approximately $1.3 billion.
- Represented an international property casualty insurer in its strategic equity investment in and related documentation for a peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace in the United States and elsewhere.
- Represented an international property casualty insurer in its strategic equity investment and related documentation in a telematics insurer
- Live video Q&A on M&A: Buyers' and Sellers' Perspectives in the Current Market,March 27, 2020
- Podcast: Q&A on the impact of coronavirus on global M&A in 2020, March 17, 2020
- What the Future Requires of Advisors: Delivering Legal Services and Sustaining the Law Department for the Long Haul, May 2, 2017, ALIC
- Acquisition of the Privately Held Company: Negotiation and Drafting Points for Letters of Intent and Stock Purchase Agreements, February 26, 2017, State Bar of Georgia
- Acquisition of the Privately Held Company: Negotiation and Drafting Points for Letters of Intent and Stock Purchase Agreements, February 25, 2015, State Bar of Georgia
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Insurance Law (2022-2024)
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of insurance: non-contentious (2015, 2017-2018, 2020)
- Recognized as a stand-out lawyer by Acritas Stars: Independently Rated Lawyers (2018-2020)
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member (former Chairman), Business Section, State Bar of Georgia
- Member, North Carolina State Bar
- Member, Atlanta Bar Association
- Member, Association of Life Insurance Counsel
- General Counsel, Georgia State University Risk Management Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit foundation supporting Georgia State University’s Mack Robinson College of Business, School of Risk Management
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- B.A., Wake Forest University
- J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law
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