Scott Waxman > K&L Gates > Wilmington, United States > Lawyer Profile
K&L Gates Offices
600 N. King St., Suite 901
Wilmington, DE 19801
DELAWARE
United States
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Scott Waxman
Career
A member of the K&L Gates LLP Advisory Council and the Managing Partner of the Delaware office, Waxman practices in the areas of tax, alternative entities, and general business. His practice extends into mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, business and commercial law, focusing on organizational and operational issues related to statutory trusts, partnerships, limited liability companies and special purpose corporations. Waxman is a senior member and former Chair of Delaware’s Alternative Entities Subcommittee, responsible for drafting Delaware’s preeminent partnership and limited liability company statutes. He is also a senior member of Delaware’s Statutory Trust Committee, responsible for drafting Delaware’s renowned statutory trust statute.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Delaware counsel
(Leading lawyers)At K&L Gates, the group in Wilmington are experienced in advising clients on matters of Delaware entity law. Scott Waxman leads the team, described as being ‘smart‘ and giving ‘clear, insightful advice‘ as well as ‘knowing Delaware laws inside and out.’ A distinguishing feature of the practice as a whole its international reach, and therefore its ability to provide global clients in a range of industries with relevant advice. Other key lawyers in the team are Nicholas Froio, who is ‘hard-working, responsive and always reliable’ and Eric Feldman who ‘is a brilliant lawyer and knowledgeable about all types of transactions‘.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Delaware counsel
- Delaware counsel United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Delaware counsel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Finance > Fintech
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate