Scott Edward Walker is the founder and CEO of the Firm. Scott has 16+ years of broad corporate and securities law experience, including nearly eight years at two prominent New York City law firms, where he represented a number of major multinational corporations (e.g., Sony and Daimler), financial institutions (e.g., J.P. Morgan) and private equity firms (e.g., Apollo) in transactions valued in the billions of dollars. Scott is a recognized trusted expert in entrepreneurial legal matters and is the author of a weekly series entitled “Ask the Attorney” on VentureBeat, one of the most popular websites for entrepreneurs.
In 2005, to satisfy his entrepreneurial spirit (and heeding the call to “go west”), Scott moved from New York City to Southern California, where he practiced for nearly four years at two regional law firms, handling middle-market M&A transactions, financings and restructurings for public and private companies, private equity firms and entrepreneurs. Representative transactions include: (i) IAC/InterActiveCorp’s acquisition of an Israeli-based tech company (2008); (ii) Rustic Canyon/Fontis Partners’ preferred stock financing of an India-based food company (2008) and leveraged-buyout of a California-based food company (2008); (iii) Champion-Arrowhead’s debt restructuring and recapitalization (2008); (iv) Alta Healthcare System’s reverse merger with an AMEX-listed healthcare company (2007); and (v) Hollywood Capital’s and The Compass Group’s simultaneous acquisition of two medical device companies (2006).
In February 2009, Scott officially launched Walker Corporate Law Group, PLLC in Beverly Hills, which he has since built into a seven-lawyer firm (including contract lawyers) specializing in the representation of entrepreneurs, with additional offices in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Scott’s vision is to build a new business model for the legal profession — i.e., to strip-out the huge overhead costs of the traditional law firm and to pass the substantial savings onto his clients. You can learn more about his vision in the brief video on the home page; and you can review his most-recent Avvo lawyer rating and peer and client testimonials here.
Scott graduated from Cornell University (A.B.), St. John’s University School of Law (J.D.) and New York University School of Law (LL.M., Corporation Law) and is a member of the California, New York and Washington, D.C. Bars and numerous Bar committees, including the Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions and the Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee, each of the American Bar Association. He can be reached via e-mail at swalker@walkercorporatelaw.com or directly via telephone at 310-859-7177 (Beverly Hills) or 202-263-1113 (Washington, D.C.).
