Scott Thompson > Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. > Dallas, United States > Lawyer Profile
Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. Offices
2323 VICTORY AVENUE
SUITE 700
DALLAS, TX 75219-7673
TEXAS
United States
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Scott Thompson
Work Department
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation; Employee Benefits M&A; Esops and Other Stock-Based Plans; Erisa and Other Benefits Litigation; Fund Finance
Position
Counsel
Career
Scott Thompson leverages more than seven years of prior work experience as a human resources and executive recruiting professional to deliver practical employee benefits and executive compensation legal advice from a client’s point of view.
Scott frequently assists clients in corporate transactions, representing both buyers and sellers, by identifying and correcting employee benefit plan issues (such as retirement plan qualification failures and compliance with Sections 409A and 280G of the Internal Revenue Code) as well as negotiating and drafting the purchase agreement and other transaction-related documents. In addition, Scott advises clients on payroll and unemployment tax complexities and potential issues that may arise when employee groups are consolidated with or transferred to another entity in connection with a corporate transaction, business consolidation, or reorganization.
Education
J.D., Texas A&M University School of Law, 2012, summa cum laude; Order of the Barristers; Order of Scribes; Managing Editor, Texas Wesleyan Law Review
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Firm Rankings
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Financial services regulation