About Scott Meza

Scott Meza has more than 25 years of experience assisting businesses in complex transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs of public and private companies, and sophisticated equity and debt financings and recapitalizations. Scott's broad industry experience includes managing a variety of transactions for buyers and sellers of government contractors and technology-based companies in the software, cybersecurity and health care industries. Representative transactions include stock and asset purchases, stock-for-stock combinations, cash-out mergers, tender and exchange offers, management buyouts, distressed company acquisitions (including bankruptcy auctions), corporate spin-offs and divestitures, and corporate governance matters.

Scott regularly represents investors and emerging growth companies in a variety of financing transactions, ranging from preferred stock sales, subordinated debt lending and licensing, and other strategic alliances.

Scott also advises senior management and boards of directors on corporate governance, executive employment and compensation issues and equity incentive plans.

Concentrations

•Public and private company mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, divestitures
•Corporate restructuring and recapitalizations
•Venture capital and private financings
•Executive employment/compensation counseling

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Corporate Law, 2015-2026
•Listed, 'Lawyer of the Year,' Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Washington, D.C., 2022
•Listed, Chambers USA Guide, 2014-2025
•Listed, IFLR1000, 'Highly Regarded (Virginia),' M&A, 2018-2025
•Selected, SmartCEO's CPA & ESQ Awards, 'Industry Practice,' 2015
•Team Member, Corporate Board Member magazine and FTI Consulting Inc., one of 'America’s Best Corporate Law Firms,' 13th Annual Legal Industry Study, 2013

 

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Areas of Law

  • Other 5
    • Corporate
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Venture Capital & Emerging Technology
    • Space & Satellite
    • Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Representative Matters: Representation of a subsidiary of FiscalNote Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NOTE) in the divestiture of its Board.org business to Executive Platforms, a portfolio company of Falfurrias Capital Partners.
    Represented Embody, Inc., a developer of soft-tissue healing products, in its acquisition by merger with Zimmer Biomet, a NYSE medical technology company.
    Represented Valkyrie Enterprises, Inc., a federal government contractor providing engineering services
    technology solutions to U.S. defense agencies, in the sale to DC Capital Partners Management, LP.
    Represented Gibbs & Cox, Inc., the largest independent ship design firm focused on naval architecture
    marine engineering, in the sale to Leidos, Inc..
    Represented Zenetex, a leading provider to the U.S. Government of logistics, engineering
    program management services, in its sale to Vectrus Corporation..
    Represented Rafael USA, the US subsidiary of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, an Israeli defense
    aerospace company, in a multi-million dollar Iron Dome joint venture with Raytheon Company.
    Represented Rafael USA in its acquisition of PVP Advanced EO Systems, a manufacturer of components used in aviation systems.
    Represented Transformational Security, a vendor of proprietary acoustic technology products to the defense
    intelligence community, in its sale to HEICO, a U.S. public company.
    Represented United Communications Group, the leading worldwide provider of enterprise software for oil
    gas pricing data
    metrics in its sale to IHS Global Inc. for $650 million.
    Represented Sev1Tech, LLC, a technology company providing information technology, cybersecurity, cloud,
    program management services
    solutions to U.S. government, in its sale to DFW Capital Partners.
    Representated AINS, Inc., a data management
    support software to the federal government, in its sale to Gemspring Capital.
    Represented Rafael SCD. USA, Inc., a leading optoelectronic technology manufacturer
    subsidiary of Israeli company Semiconductor Devices, an Elbit Systems-Rafael partnership, in its purchase of Quantum Imaging, Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance imaging systems.
    Represented Passport Labs, a national provider of parking
    traffic citation software solutions, in its acquisition of Complus Group, Inc., a portfolio company of private equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners. Complus Group provides parking management solutions
    payment processing services to local governments
    municipalities
    Represented Steel Partners, a NYSE company, in its acquisition of the U.S.
    German operations of Dunmore Corporation, a provider of specialty industrial products.
    Noteworthy Experience: In addition to his corporate practice, Scott has served as a mediator of business disputes in closely held businesses.
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1981, North Carolina
    1987, District of Columbia
    1987, Maryland
    1999, Virginia
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Past Chairman of the Board, Easterseals Serving DCa”MDa”VA
    •Past-President and Board member, The National Capital Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)
    •Member and general counsel, the Virginia Biotechnology Association
    •Co-founding Member of DC/MD/VA chapter of Association of M&A Advisors (AM&AA)
    •Member, Northern Virginia Technology Council
    •Member, New Dominion Angels investors

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of North Carolina School of Law
    J.D.
    1981 Editor

    University of North Carolina School of Law
    J.D.
    Journal of International Law
    Other Education
    Hobart and William Smith Colleges
    B.A.
    magna cum laude

    Hobart and William Smith Colleges
    B.A.
    Phi Beta Kappa

    Chief Justice, Holderness Moot Court Bench

    Elected to the Order of the Barristers
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1955
    1955
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  • What year was this attorney first admitted to the bar?
    Scott Meza was admitted in 1981 to the State of North Carolina.
  • Is this attorney admitted to the bar in more than one state?
    Yes, Scott Meza is admitted to practice in District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia.
  • How many attorneys are in this law firm?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP has 2750 attorneys at this location.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Scott Meza attended University of North Carolina School of Law.
  • What year was this attorney's law firm established?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP was established in 1967.