Scott Meza

Scott Meza: Attorney with Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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Biography

Scott Meza has more than 25 years of experience assisting businesses in complex transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs of public and private companies, and sophisticated equity and debt financings and recapitalizations. Scott's broad industry experience includes managing a variety of transactions for buyers and sellers of government contractors and technology-based companies in the software, cybersecurity and health care industries. Representative transactions include stock and asset purchases, stock-for-stock combinations, cash-out mergers, tender and exchange offers, management buyouts, distressed company acquisitions (including bankruptcy auctions), corporate spin-offs and divestitures, and corporate governance matters.

Scott regularly represents investors and emerging growth companies in a variety of financing transactions, ranging from preferred stock sales, subordinated debt lending and licensing, and other strategic alliances.

Scott also advises senior management and boards of directors on corporate governance, executive employment and compensation issues and equity incentive plans.

Concentrations

•Public and private company mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, divestitures
•Corporate restructuring and recapitalizations
•Venture capital and private financings
•Executive employment/compensation counseling

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Corporate Law, 2015-2026
•Listed, 'Lawyer of the Year,' Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Washington, D.C., 2022
•Listed, Chambers USA Guide, 2014-2025
•Listed, IFLR1000, 'Highly Regarded (Virginia),' M&A, 2018-2025
•Selected, SmartCEO's CPA & ESQ Awards, 'Industry Practice,' 2015
•Team Member, Corporate Board Member magazine and FTI Consulting Inc., one of 'America’s Best Corporate Law Firms,' 13th Annual Legal Industry Study, 2013

Areas of Practice (5)

  • Corporate
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Venture Capital & Emerging Technology
  • Space & Satellite
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, B.A., magna cum laude; Hobart and William Smith Colleges, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa; Chief Justice, Holderness Moot Court Bench; Elected to the Order of the Barristers
Law School Attended:
University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1981 Editor; University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., Journal of International Law
Year of First Admission:
1981
Admission:
1981, North Carolina; 1987, District of Columbia; 1987, Maryland; 1999, Virginia
Memberships:

Professional & Community Involvement

•Past Chairman of the Board, Easterseals Serving DCa”MDa”VA
•Past-President and Board member, The National Capital Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)
•Member and general counsel, the Virginia Biotechnology Association
•Co-founding Member of DC/MD/VA chapter of Association of M&A Advisors (AM&AA)
•Member, Northern Virginia Technology Council
•Member, New Dominion Angels investors

Birth Information:
1955
Reported Cases:
Experience: Representative Matters: Representation of a subsidiary of FiscalNote Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NOTE) in the divestiture of its Board.org business to Executive Platforms, a portfolio company of Falfurrias Capital Partners.; Represented Embody, Inc., a developer of soft-tissue healing products, in its acquisition by merger with Zimmer Biomet, a NYSE medical technology company.; Represented Valkyrie Enterprises, Inc., a federal government contractor providing engineering services and technology solutions to U.S. defense agencies, in the sale to DC Capital Partners Management, LP.; Represented Gibbs & Cox, Inc., the largest independent ship design firm focused on naval architecture and marine engineering, in the sale to Leidos, Inc..; Represented Zenetex, a leading provider to the U.S. Government of logistics, engineering and program management services, in its sale to Vectrus Corporation..; Represented Rafael USA, the US subsidiary of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, an Israeli defense and aerospace company, in a multi-million dollar Iron Dome joint venture with Raytheon Company.; Represented Rafael USA in its acquisition of PVP Advanced EO Systems, a manufacturer of components used in aviation systems.; Represented Transformational Security, a vendor of proprietary acoustic technology products to the defense and intelligence community, in its sale to HEICO, a U.S. public company.; Represented United Communications Group, the leading worldwide provider of enterprise software for oil and gas pricing data and metrics in its sale to IHS Global Inc. for $650 million.; Represented Sev1Tech, LLC, a technology company providing information technology, cybersecurity, cloud, and program management services and solutions to U.S. government, in its sale to DFW Capital Partners.; Representated AINS, Inc., a data management and support software to the federal government, in its sale to Gemspring Capital.; Represented Rafael SCD. USA, Inc., a leading optoelectronic technology manufacturer and subsidiary of Israeli company Semiconductor Devices, an Elbit Systems-Rafael partnership, in its purchase of Quantum Imaging, Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance imaging systems.; Represented Passport Labs, a national provider of parking and traffic citation software solutions, in its acquisition of Complus Group, Inc., a portfolio company of private equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners. Complus Group provides parking management solutions and payment processing services to local governments and municipalities; Represented Steel Partners, a NYSE company, in its acquisition of the U.S. and German operations of Dunmore Corporation, a provider of specialty industrial products.; Noteworthy Experience: In addition to his corporate practice, Scott has served as a mediator of business disputes in closely held businesses.;
ISLN:
904823767

Peer Reviews

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