ScottOlson
Partner
Corporate
solson@seyfarth.com
Scott combines his deep knowledge of financial markets with practical skills in lending and bankruptcy legal matters, helping clients succeed in any market condition.
More About Scott
Scott represents banks and non-bank lenders to structure and document middle-market finance transactions, including asset-based loans, cash-flow loans, and other credit facilities. He counsels boards of directors, business owners, and shareholders on fiduciary duties and other corporate responsibilities.
In addition to his finance practice, he has vast practice experience in bankruptcy and insolvency matters, and regularly represents secured and unsecured creditors and trustees in commercial bankruptcy proceedings nationwide. He is exceptionally well-versed in representing banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, special situation lenders, bondholder constituencies, and other financial institutions in large, complex bankruptcy cases and receivership matters. Scott represents commercial landlords and developers in distressed real estate transactions. He also has substantial litigation experience in all aspects of creditors’ rights, in both state and federal jurisdictions, including complex financial litigation, loan enforcement matters, and defense of lender liability claims.
In addition to his finance practice, he has vast practice experience in bankruptcy and insolvency matters, and regularly represents secured and unsecured creditors and trustees in commercial bankruptcy proceedings nationwide. He is exceptionally well-versed in representing banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, special situation lenders, bondholder constituencies, and other financial institutions in large, complex bankruptcy cases and receivership matters. Scott represents commercial landlords and developers in distressed real estate transactions. He also has substantial litigation experience in all aspects of creditors’ rights, in both state and federal jurisdictions, including complex financial litigation, loan enforcement matters, and defense of lender liability claims.
- JD, Notre Dame Law School
- California
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Scott combines his deep knowledge of financial markets with practical skills in lending and bankruptcy legal matters, helping clients succeed in any market condition.
More About Scott
Scott represents banks and non-bank lenders to structure and document middle-market finance transactions, including asset-based loans, cash-flow loans, and other credit facilities. He counsels boards of directors, business owners, and shareholders on fiduciary duties and other corporate responsibilities.
In addition to his finance practice, he has vast practice experience in bankruptcy and insolvency matters, and regularly represents secured and unsecured creditors and trustees in commercial bankruptcy proceedings nationwide. He is exceptionally well-versed in representing banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, special situation lenders, bondholder constituencies, and other financial institutions in large, complex bankruptcy cases and receivership matters. Scott represents commercial landlords and developers in distressed real estate transactions. He also has substantial litigation experience in all aspects of creditors’ rights, in both state and federal jurisdictions, including complex financial litigation, loan enforcement matters, and defense of lender liability claims.
In addition to his finance practice, he has vast practice experience in bankruptcy and insolvency matters, and regularly represents secured and unsecured creditors and trustees in commercial bankruptcy proceedings nationwide. He is exceptionally well-versed in representing banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, special situation lenders, bondholder constituencies, and other financial institutions in large, complex bankruptcy cases and receivership matters. Scott represents commercial landlords and developers in distressed real estate transactions. He also has substantial litigation experience in all aspects of creditors’ rights, in both state and federal jurisdictions, including complex financial litigation, loan enforcement matters, and defense of lender liability claims.
- JD, Notre Dame Law School
- California
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Media Mentions
01/24/2024
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- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) forBanking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2023-2025)
- Northern California Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, board member and former president
- Raphael House, board member (2014-2020); governance chair (2015-2016); board chair (2017-2020)
- Association for Corporate Growth
- Secured Finance Network
- Author, “Buying and Selling a Commercial Loan in Default,” Practising Law Institute’s Commercial Real Estate Financing (2010)
- Moderator, “Industry Finance and Lending Update,” Private Capital Forum (March 2019)
- Moderator, “Economic Impact of California Wildfires,” TMA Panel (September 2019)