Scott Calfas Bio

Scott J. Calfas is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Los Angeles office and a member of the firm's Corporate Transactions, Private Equity, REIT, Betting and Gaming, and Aerospace and Related Technologies Practice Groups. In his over 26 years at the firm he has been involved in a wide array of corporate and transactional matters. His areas of practice include representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies in mergers and acquisitions, representing real estate investment trusts (REITs) in public offerings, mergers, acquisitions and other matters, as well as general corporate and securities transactional work for public and private companies. Mr. Calfas joined the firm after receiving his law degree cum laude from the University of Michigan in 1991. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude from UCLA in 1988. Mr. Calfas is a member of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of California, and of the Business and Corporations Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He serves as a Member, and former Chairman, of the Board of Governors of the Institute of Corporate Counsel at USC Gould School of Law. Mr. Calfas has lectured and written on corporate and securities law matters.