Mr D Scott Bennett > Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Offices

Two Manhattan West
375 Ninth Avenue
New York 10001
United States
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Mr D Scott Bennett

Work Department
Corporate
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Scott Bennett focuses his practice on capital markets and other financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, board advisory matters and general corporate matters. Mr. Bennett advises clients across a broad range of industries encompassing traditional areas and emerging technologies. He has notable experience counseling venture capital‑backed companies and investors in the technology, fintech, digital assets and renewables spaces. His practice also includes numerous clients in the shipping, transportation, energy and pharmaceutical sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
Headed by the New York-based trio of Craig Arcella, William Fogg
, and Andrew Pitts
, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
’s practice is uniquely balanced between advising issuers and managers on all forms of equity offerings. This spans from high-profile IPOs, complex secondary offerings, and related derivative transactions, with the department displaying specific expertise in the tech, finance, and consumer retail industries. The team is regularly called upon to support on issues surrounding capital-raising transactions, with Fogg being an expert in representing major investment banks on general corporate and disclosure matters. Pitts is a corporate finance specialist predominantly, whilst D Scott Bennett is well versed in guiding venture capital-backed corporations and investors in the tech, fintech, and digital assets fields. Nicholas Dorsey stands out for his knowledge on public and private offerings of securities, and both C Daniel Haaren and Douglas Dolan are also cited as key. All mentioned lawyers are based in the New York office.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Fintech
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense