Mr Scott M Zimmerman > Dechert LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Scott M Zimmerman

Work Department
Global Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Scott M. Zimmerman, head of the firm’s leveraged finance practice, has over 30 years of experience advising his clients on hundreds of finance transactions. Mr . Zimmerman represents public and private companies, private equity firms, alternative capital providers, and other commercial and institutional providers of senior debt and mezzanine capital on a broad range of financing transactions, including public and private equity and debt offerings, secured lending, recapitalizations, and restructurings.
As a result of these diverse representations, he sees a wide range of transactions and is relied upon for his commercial knowledge of market terms and conditions. His lender clients include business development companies, such as Prospect Capital Corporation and Alcentra Capital Corporation, mezzanine debt funds, including Norwest Mezzanine Partners and GarMark Partners, and financial institutions, such as Prudential Insurance Company of America. In addition, he represents leading private equity firms, such as affiliates of Bregal Partners, Court Square Capital Partners, Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., Centre Partners, MSD Partners, One Equity Partners, Sterling Investment Partners, Tengram Capital Partners, Versa Capital Management and their portfolio companies, in acquisition financings and recapitalization transactions. He also has represented numerous strategics across a variety of industry sectors in domestic and cross-border transactions, including, most recently, BioScrip, Inc., Differential Brands Group and H&E Equipment.
Education
- University at Albany, State University of New York, B.A., 1981, cum laude
- University at Buffalo Law School, J.D., 1984
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Finance > Commercial lending
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)