Scott D. Rubinsky

Partner

Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions

“I love the collaborative nature of my work. I like getting to know clients on a personal level, and learning about their businesses and what’s important to them. This helps me provide the best legal advice I can offer over the long term.”

Scott D. Rubinsky

Overview

Scott Rubinsky advises public and private companies, investment banks, private equity firms and management teams on capital-raising transactions, including initial public offerings and public and private offerings of equity and debt securities. Scott also counsels public companies and boards of directors of public companies on ESG matters (including corporate governance) and general corporate matters. Scott also advises public and private companies and private equity firms on mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments and spin-offs, and has substantial experience in initial public offerings and business combination transactions involving SPACs.

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Experience

  • Woodside Energy Group Ltd in its merger with BHP Petroleum with an approximately US $43 billion merged entity value and concurrent listing of American Depositary Shares (ADSs) on the NYSE

  • Live Oak Crestview Climate Acquisition Corp., an ESG-focused SPAC, in its $200 million initial public offering

  • Underwriters to AF Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in its $224 million initial public offering

  • The Lion Electric Company, a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, in its $1.9 billion combination with Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp., a SPAC

  • TPG in its $2.66 billion acquisition of assets from EnerVest in a SPAC business combination

  • Enable Midstream in its $7.2 billion merger with Energy Transfer

  • Antero Midstream Partners LP in its $1.15 billion initial public offering of common units

  • Underwriters to Antero Midstream GP LP in its $875 million initial public offering of common units by a selling securityholder

  • Berry Petroleum Corporation in its $183 million initial public offering of common stock 

  • C&J Energy Services, Inc. in its $262 million public offering of common stock 

  • A large international energy company in the spin-off of its California oil and gas business into an independent and separately traded company

  • Routinely advises publicly traded companies on 1933 Act and 1934 Act compliance, listing exchange requirements, and ESG matters (including corporate governance and board of directors matters)

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Credentials

Education

  • University of Houston Law Center, J.D. magna cum laude, 2010 (Order of the Coif; Order of the Barons; Executive Editor, Houston Law Review)
  • The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., Government, 2006

Admissions

  • Texas

Recognitions

  • Legal 500 U.S., Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2024–2026
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), (Houston): Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2025–2027; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, 2025–2027
  • IFLR1000, 2021 and 2023
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