Bio

Scott Westwood is a partner in the firm's M&A and Corporate Transactions Department, and is the former Chair of the M&A Department (2013-2018), and former member of the Board of Partners and Associates Committee. Scott practices in the corporate, transactional and securities areas, and has experience representing both private and public companies, private equity funds and independent sponsors with mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, bank financings, board and governance matters, corporate investigations and employee severance matters. Scott has handled transactional matters in a wide array of industries, both in the United States as well as cross-border, including healthcare, pharmaceutical and pharma products, industrial, manufacturing, defense, aerospace, consumer products, autonomous and connected vehicles, and emerging technologies. Scott also leads the firm’s efforts in the autonomous and connected vehicles space. Scott has also represented companies and boards with respect to internal investigations covering a wide array of matters as well as with respect to complex separation agreements with corporate officers and employees. As a result of Scott’s service as general counsel to several Fortune 500 companies, he has an appreciation for the issues that both public and private companies face, and continues to serve as a general counsel for many of his clients.