R. Scott Evans
Partner
Scott Evans advises both emerging startups and established Fortune 500 companies on a wide array of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings and other complex transactions. He takes a holistic view of each project, considering the client's business model, organizational structure and financial health to ensure that his legal guidance is fully aligned with their strategic goals.
Scott provides strategic advice to a variety of emerging companies in sectors such as technology, hospitality, health care technology and manufacturing on pre-seed funding initiatives involving equity and convertible debt instruments, allowing clients to expand, grow and accelerate their businesses. His approach is strategic and tailored, focusing on transaction structures that best suit clients' expansion goals while maintaining strict adherence to the regulatory landscape.
Experience
- Guided the sale of a leading multinational personal protection equipment and safety products distributor to a large global distributor.
- Facilitated the successful sale of three elevator components suppliers to a private equity firm.
- Assisted a health care revenue cycle management firm in the sale of its operations to a private equity firm.
- Aided a restaurant group in the strategic acquisition of multiple dining establishments across Tennessee, Mississippi and Florida, including a franchise emerging from bankruptcy.
- Counseled a health care technology innovator through a series of capital raises, including equity and convertible debt, leading to a fully subscribed Series A round.