Atty. Scott Meza
Scott Meza has more than 25 years of experience assisting businesses in complex transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs of public and private companies, and sophisticated equity and debt financings and recapitalizations. Scott's broad industry experience includes managing a variety of transactions for buyers and sellers of government contractors and technology-based companies in the software, cybersecurity and health care industries.
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Scott Meza is a Shareholder based in McLean, Virginia, practicing at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. They have 45+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1981. Their practice focuses on employment, business, and m&a. Admitted to practice in North Carolina (1981), District of Columbia (1987), Maryland (1987), and Virginia (1999). Educated at University of North Carolina School of Law J.D. 1981 Editor University of North Carolina School of Law J.D. Journal of International Law (—) and Hobart and William Smith Colleges B.A. magna cum laude Hobart and William Smith Colleges B.A. Phi Beta Kappa Chief Justice, Holderness Moot Court Bench Elected to the Order of the Barristers (—). Recognitions include Peer Reviewed. Serands clients in McLean, VA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Scott Meza has more than 25 years of experience assisting businesses in complex transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs of public and private companies, and sophisticated equity and debt financings and recapitalizations
- Scott's broad industry experience includes managing a variety of transactions for buyers and sellers of government contractors and technology-based companies in the software, cybersecurity and health care industries
- Representative transactions include stock and asset purchases, stock-for-stock combinations, cash-out mergers, tender and exchange offers, management buyouts, distressed company acquisitions (including bankruptcy auctions), corporate spin-offs and divestitures, and corporate governance matters
- Scott regularly represents investors and emerging growth companies in a variety of financing transactions, ranging from preferred stock sales, subordinated debt lending and licensing, and other strategic alliances
- Scott also advises senior management and boards of directors on corporate governance, executive employment and compensation issues and equity incentive plans
- Concentrations •Public and private company mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, divestitures •Corporate restructuring and recapitalizations •Venture capital and private financings •Executive employment/compensation counseling Recognition & Leadership Awards & Accolades •Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Corporate Law, 2015-2026 •Listed, 'Lawyer of the Year,' Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Washington, D.C., 2022 •Listed, Chambers USA Guide, 2014-2025 •Listed, IFLR1000, 'Highly Regarded (Virginia),' M&A, 2018-2025 •Selected, SmartCEO's CPA & ESQ Awards, 'Industry Practice,' 2015 •Team Member, Corporate Board Member magazine and FTI Consulting Inc., one of 'America’s Best Corporate Law Firms,' 13th Annual Legal Industry Study, 2013
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Employment lawyers represent workers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage & hour disputes, and severance negotiations.
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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 Virginia
Practicing law in Virginia. Legal matters in Virginia are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in McLean are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Virginia state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Virginia 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 Virginia courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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