Scott Miller has a broad-based practice emphasizing international capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity and strategic initiatives and investments. He also advises a number of clients on SEC compliance and corporate governance matters. He has represented principals in M&A transactions valued at well over $100 billion as well as issuers and underwriters in IPOs and other securities offerings generating more than $50 billion in proceeds.
Mr. Miller has recently acted in a number of significant corporate and securities matters, investments, strategic alliances and acquisitions involving a range of companies, including Alcan (aluminum), Apollo Tyres (automotive), AT&T (telecom), Bell Canada (telecom), Bucyrus (mining equipment), Chrysler (automotive), DISH Network (multi-channel television), EchoStar (satellite services and television equipment), Fiat (automotive), CNH Industrial (industrial and agricultural equipment), London Bay Capital (private equity), Nokia (telecom equipment), NXP (semiconductors), Philips Electronics (consumer electronics), Rio Tinto (mining), Samsung (semiconductors and consumer electronics), Thomas Weisel Partners (investment banking), Univar Inc. (chemical distribution), VeriFone (payment solutions) and Veritas (private equity).
His international capital markets work has included representing the issuer in the first privatization in Italy as well as IPOs and privatizations in telecommunications, satellite and other technology-intensive industries in over 15 countries. He also has worked extensively with a number of private equity firms on a range of investments and leveraged acquisitions.
Widely recognized as a leading corporate lawyer, he has been named by The American Lawyer as a “Dealmaker of the Year” for taking “U.S.-style hostile takeover techniques to France” in his representation of Alcan in the precedent-setting takeover of Pechiney and as a “Dealmaker of the Week” as counsel for Fiat in connection with its proposal to acquire Chrysler. Mr. Miller was named among BTI Consulting Group’s Client Service All-Stars for 2012, a group nominated by clients as representing the best in client service. Mr. Miller also has been recognized in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Capital Markets Lawyers, IFLR1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms, The Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition, Southern California Super Lawyers, Northern California Super Lawyers, Lawdragon and The Legal 500 United States.
