Scott Westhoff advises clients in complex, high-profile capital markets transactions, as well as in general securities and corporate governance matters.

Scott regularly handles prominent capital markets transactions on behalf of issuers and investment banking firms in a wide range of industries, with a particular focus on the consumer retail, cryptocurrency, technology, and healthcare sectors. He also counsels public company clients on corporate governance and securities law matters.

Scott advises on:

  • Initial public offerings, including deSPACs
  • Block trades and follow-on offerings
  • Equity-linked securities offerings
  • Investment-grade debt offerings
  • Periodic and current filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Shareholder activism and contested elections

Given Scott’s extensive transactional experience, he helps clients efficiently navigate the regulatory process to reduce market risk. He brings a commercial perspective to develop pragmatic solutions to clients’ business imperatives, drawing on a previous career as a sales representative for a major medical device company.

Scott has represented issuers and underwriters in equity and debt offerings by:

  • American Eagle Outfitters
  • Argo Blockchain
  • The Better Being Co.
  • Blue Bird Corporation
  • Bluegreen Vacations
  • CNH Industrial Capital
  • Construction Partners
  • Duluth Holdings
  • Dun & Bradstreet
  • Dutch Bros.
  • Eagle Pharmaceuticals
  • Harmony Biosciences
  • Inotiv, Inc.
  • Leggett & Platt
  • Leslie’s
  • Marathon Digital
  • Marti Technologies
  • Mayville Engineering
  • Neogenomics
  • Opiant Pharmaceutical
  • Orbitz
  • The Middleby Corporation
  • Performance Food Group
  • PetIQ
  • PLBY Group
  • A railroad and port operator
  • SI-BONE
  • SmileDirectClub
  • Southeastern Grocer
  • Sprout Social
  • Thorne HealthTech
  • TransUnion
  • Viking Cruises
  • VistaGen Therapeutics
  • Vivid Seats
  • Xponential Fitness

Bar Qualification

  • Illinois

Education

  • JD, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 2012
    cum laude, Order of the Coif
  • BBA in Marketing, University of Iowa, 2000