W. Scott Wallace
Biography
Scott Wallace has more than 20 years of experience in the areas of corporate securities, mergers, acquisitions and providing counsel to a broad spectrum of clients with complex business transactions.
Mr. Wallace has completed transactions including:
- Negotiating mergers and acquisitions involving public and privately held entities
- Numerous contests for corporate control representing acquiring and target companies involving tender offers and proxy contests
- Public and private debt and equity offerings
- Hedge fund investments in public and privately held entities
- Counseling boards of directors and executive officers relating to fiduciary duties and corporate governance issues
- SEC compliance
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- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas - Business Law Section
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- Recognized by Best Lawyers, Woodward/White, Inc., as a "Lawyer of the Year," 2021, 2024-2025
- Recognized as a Stand-out Lawyer, Acritas Stars, 2020-2021
- Named one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine, D Magazine Partners, 2019
- Recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers USA, Chambers & Partners, 2016
- Recognized in Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters - Mergers and Acquisitions, 2009-2019; Securities & Corporate Finance, 2016-2019
- Included in The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, Inc., in Corporate Law, 2012-2026; Commercial Finance Law, 2016-2026
- Martindale Hubbell® Law Directory with a Peer Review Rating of AV® Preeminent™
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- Co-Author, "Board of Directors Guide 2010"
- Author, "Event Risk Covenants in Bond Indentures"
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Education
- J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law, 1979, summa cum laude; Order of the Coif; Associate Editor, Texas Tech Law Review; Award for highest individual grade on Texas Bar Exam
- B.B.A., Accounting, Texas Tech University, 1976, highest honors
Admissions
- Texas
Haynes and Boone Transaction Shortlisted for 2020 Deal of the Year Award
April 08, 2021