Scott Galer Scott Galer joined the Firm as a partner in 2005. Scott received his B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1989 and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1992. Scott s practice focuses on counseling private and public middle-market, emerging growth, and development stage companies in areas of corporate and securities laws, mergers and acquisitions, and other strategic business arrangements. Scott has substantial experience in managing a wide variety of corporate and financial transactions, including mergers, stock and asset acquisitions, roll-up and spin-off transactions, public offerings (representing both issuers and investment bankers), reverse mergers, private financings (representing both issuers and venture capitalists), and financial restructurings. He is also experienced in negotiating and drafting a wide range of business arrangements, including joint venture agreements, executive employment contracts, licensing, distribution and marketing agreements and various general corporate and commercial contracts for companies in a variety of industries. He also counsels and advises companies in connection with 34 Act reporting requirements, corporate governance, federal and state securities laws, and other issues that commonly arise for companies while operating their businesses, as well as during the process of corporate and financial transactions. In addition, Scott has expertise in advising companies in their formation process. Scott has over fourteen years experience working with middle-market and emerging growth companies at all stages along their evolutionary path, and he was named a Southern California Rising Star in the field of mergers and acquisitions by Los Angeles Magazine in 2004, 2005 and 2006