An accomplished lawyer with more than 25 years of experience, Scot’s principal area of practice involves commercial real estate transactions, including real estate aspects of energy, project development, and project finance transactions. His experience includes representing publicly traded corporations in mergers and acquisitions, and development partnerships in large-scale projects. Prior to joining the firm in December 2006, Scot was a partner in the Houston office of an Am Law 100 firm.
St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System in its $1 billion transfer to the Catholic Health Initiatives
Dyno Nobel Inc. in the development of an $850 million anhydrous ammonia plant in Louisiana, including project development arrangements, real estate and environmental matters, and negotiation of CO2 and ammonia offtake agreements
Dart Container Corp. in approximately $2 billion first- and second-lien secured financing from Oneida Investment Company
An infrastructure-focused private equity firm in the $850 million refinancing of a marine terminal company and facility
Huntsman Corporation in its $1.1 billion acquisition of the performance additives and titanium dioxide businesses of Rockwood Holdings
A municipal hospital authority in the sale of the campus of a suburban Houston hospital, including the hospital buildings, professional office buildings, ancillary buildings, parking areas and land for future development; transaction included structuring performance incentives for covenants of purchaser to build additional facilities and to operate a hospital on the campus
Dart Container Corporation in the $1 billion acquisition of Solo Cup Company
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. in its agreement with DuPont to purchase DuPont’s global Kocide and ManKocide copper fungicide assets
A subsidiary of Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. in connection with acquisition financing for the Safe Harbor hydroelectric project
An infrastructure-focused private equity firm in the acquisition of a marine terminal company
BP Alternative Energy in the sale of its interest in a hydrogen energy project in California to SCS Energy
Enterprise Product Partners, LP in the $550 million sale of its Mississippi natural gas storage facilities to Boardwalk Pipeline Partners L.P
Frank’s International in the sale of substantially all of the assets of its oil tool manufacturing subsidiary to Intervale Capital
Calfrac Well Services Corporation in the $147 million acquisition of the hydraulic well fracturing services business and coiled tubing business of Mission Well Services
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Vinson & Elkins Represents EPC Power on $4.4 Billion Sale to Flex
Vinson & Elkins LLP represented EPC Power Corp. and its controlling shareholders, Goldman Sachs Alternatives and Cleanhill Partners, in its …
September 4, 2026
September 4, 2026 • 1-minute read
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Vinson & Elkins Represents Educational Testing Service on Acquisition of ACT
Vinson & Elkins represented Educational Testing Service (ETS) in connection with its acquisition of ACT, one of the most widely …
July 1, 2026
July 1, 2026 • 1-minute read
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Vinson & Elkins Advises EagleRock Land in Initial Public Offering
Vinson & Elkins advised EagleRock Land, LLC in connection with its initial public offering of 17,300,000 Class A shares representing …
May 15, 2026
May 15, 2026 • 1-minute read
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Soluna Secures $100 Million Facility from Generate Capital to Expand Green Data Centers
Vinson & Elkins served as counsel to affiliates of Generate Capital, PBC in connection with their roles as sole lender, administrative agent and collateral agent, in the negotiation of a financing of up to $100,000,000 in connection with certain large-scale data center facilities located in Briscoe County and Willacy County, Texas, with Soluna DVSL ComputeCo, LLC, Soluna DVSL II ComputeCo, LLC, and Soluna KK I ComputeCo LLC acting as the borrowers.
September 16, 2025
September 16, 2025 • 1-minute read
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The Best Lawyers in America (BL Rankings, LLC) has named 125 Vinson & Elkins lawyers in its “Best Lawyers” category in the 2026 edition. Additionally, 76 Vinson & Elkins attorneys have been named in the “Ones to Watch” category, which recognizes lawyers with 5–10 years’ experience. Some individuals are listed in more than one practice area, giving the firm a total of 305 rankings.
August 21, 2025
August 21, 2025 • 3-minute read
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