Bio

Scot Patrick Brien serves as managing partner of Akerman’s Washington, D.C. office. Scot represents public and private companies, including private equity and real-estate-based funds, in corporate, capital markets, financing, and M&A transactions. Working with public companies, Scot counsels on corporate governance, compliance, and securities offering and reporting requirements. Working with private companies, Scot serves as outside general counsel to numerous corporate entities on a full range of corporate, securities and financing related matters. For those looking to raise capital, Scot creates investment funds for private equity investments in a variety of enterprises as well as for real estate developments (both property specific and discretionary funds). For owners, developers and investors in real estate, in addition to creating real estate investment funds (including qualified opportunity funds), Scot assists with real estate financings (working through common, preferred, mezzanine and debt positions), joint ventures, acquisitions, operational and management matters, leases, and dispositions.