Scott D. Elliott

Partner

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Scott Elliott, co-head of the Firm’s Life Sciences Practice, focuses his practice on corporate and transactional matters including mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing transactions and general corporate and securities law issues. He advises clients in various industries including life sciences and technology, and their investors. He has represented software, hardware, medical device and other technology companies in their incorporation to venture funding, growth counseling to sale or IPO.

He has extensive experience advising public and private company clients and financial sponsors on acquisitions, buyouts, going-private transactions, and minority investments as well as public and private securities offerings.

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Honors & Awards

  • Recognized by The Legal 500 US for Healthcare: Life Sciences (2016-2022); and M&A/Corporate and Commercial - Venture Capital and Emerging Companies (2018-2019)

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • California

Education

  • University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, J.D.: cum laude; Member, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly
  • University of California at Berkeley, B.A.: Economics
  • Represented the investors in a PIPE for Mako Surgical Corp.
  • Represented the investors in the acquisition of Pivot Medical by Stryker.
  • Represented a private equity firm in the purchase of a diagnostics company.
  • Represented Montreux Equity Partners in its investments in GC Aesthetics, Glaukos, Epirus, Tobira, SI Bone, Pure Life Renal and numerous other private and public investments.
  • Represented the underwriters, including Leerink Partners, BAML and Credit Suisse in various public offerings by Orexigen Therapeutics.
  • Represented the investors in the acquisition of ideeli by Groupon.
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