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Scott M. Coffey is a business lawyer who focuses his corporate law practice on advising established and emerging companies in the energy, technology, infrastructure and healthcare sectors. Scott regularly counsels public and private companies and family-owned enterprises as they make critical business decisions. In his general corporate practice, Scott has served as borrowers and lenders counsel in a variety of U.S. and cross border loan transactions. Additionally, Scott has handled private equity investments, strategic alliances, leveraged buyouts, bridge financings, private mergers and acquisitions, and workouts and restructurings. In the energy sector, Scott has represented borrowers and sponsors in financing the development, construction, acquisition and operation of renewable energy projects, including wind-powered, solar, geothermal and wood-burning generating facilities, as well as natural gas-fired and oil-fired electric energy generating facilities. Scott has advised on a number of infrastructure transactions and was appointed as panel counsel to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration in connection with the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan program, in which capacity he served for five years. Scott has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America since 2013 and was chosen Best Lawyers 2020 Lawyer of the Year for Miami Corporate Law. Each year since 2007, Scott has been identified by Florida Trend magazine as one of its Legal Elite, a listing of the top lawyers in Florida as selected by their peers. He has also been named an up-and-coming lawyer by South Florida Legal Guide. In addition, he has been selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers - Rising Stars, published by Thomson Reuters, as well as listed in Who's Who Legal: Florida for his project finance practice. Scott has served as a member of the Environment, Energy and Resources Section -- Energy Industry Restructuring, Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions Committee, and the Electric and Natural Gas Committee of the American Bar Association. Scott also served as a member of the Statutory Revision Committee for Chapter 607 (Florida Business Corporation Act) that developed modifications to Florida entity statutes that were signed into law by Governor DeSantis in 2019.
