Atty. Scott Alderton
Scott Alderton is a Founding Partner of the Firm, Managing Partner, and a member of the Firm’s executive committee. Scott is also Co-Chair of the Firm’s Venture Capital and Emerging Growth practice group.
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Scott Alderton is a business and m&a attorney based in Sherman Oaks, California, practicing at Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP. They have 41+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1985. Admitted to practice in California (1985). Educated at Loyola Marymount University (JD, 1985) and University of California - Los Angeles (BA, 1982). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Corporate Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Venture Capital Law (2026). Serands clients in Sherman Oaks, CA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Scott Alderton is a Founding Partner of the Firm, Managing Partner, and a member of the Firm’s executive committee
- Scott is also Co-Chair of the Firm’s Venture Capital and Emerging Growth practice group
- Scott Alderton advises clients across a number of industries, including software, technology, digital media, interactive entertainment and video games, cyber security and life sciences
- Scott’s practice focuses on advising early-stage to middle-market technology and emerging growth companies in all aspects of capital formation, venture capital and finance, corporate and securities laws, mergers and acquisitions, high technology, intellectual property, licensing, interactive entertainment and video games, the internet, digital media, manufacturing and distribution of goods in commerce and commercial contracts
- Scott also regularly advises senior executive officers with respect to employment, compensation and equity incentives
- Scott Alderton is frequently referenced as one of the top “start-up” lawyers in Southern California, and with over thirty years of experience working with technology and emerging growth companies at all stages along their evolutionary path, is sought out for his business as well as legal advice
- Scott is a frequent speaker on matters relating to technology, intellectual property, capital formation, capital raising transactions and emerging growth companies, and was formerly an adjunct professor of law at Loyola Law School, teaching securities regulation
- Scott Alderton has been recognized as a Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer from 2012 to 2023, a U.S
- News & World Report Best Lawyer from 2016 to 2023, and was named the Lawyer of the Year for Southern California Corporate Law in 2020
- He was also featured as one of the Los Angeles Business Journal's "Leaders to Know: Trusted Advisors" in 2024
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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Why local counsel matters in California
Practicing law in California. Legal matters in California are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Sherman Oaks are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate California state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in California brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in California courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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