Scott Handwerker

Scott Handwerker is a Partner and Chair of the Firm’s Corporate Group, practicing in the areas of
business and corporate law, M&A, venture capital and real estate. He has helped innumerable buyers,
sellers, borrowers, lenders and investors with business and real property sales, acquisitions, financings
and refinancings. Mr. Handwerker also frequently represents startup companies from formation and
seed funding through exits, as well as alternative investors in both debt and equity investments.

Mr. Handwerker began his legal career with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP in Manhattan, working on
corporate transactions including venture capital, startups, M&A, and debt financings with both healthy
and distressed companies.

He then worked at Goodwin Procter LLP in Manhattan and was a member of the private equity and debt
finance groups, where he continued to work on corporate transactions with companies of all sizes and
in all stages of development, as well as private equity and venture capital funds.

After graduating from The Allen-Stevenson School in Manhattan and The Loomis Chaff ee School in
Connecticut, Mr. Handwerker earned his B.A. magna cum laude from Emory University and his J.D. from
Fordham University School of Law.

He serves as a Director of the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Society and is a co-
founder of the Société des Amis du Champagne, Inc.

Mr. Handwerker is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and is a member of the New York
State and New York City Bar Associations.

Representative Transactions

• Represented minority partner in joint venture in connection with the $78M acquisition of apartment
  complexes in Jacksonville, Florida.
• Represented Whitmores Inc. in acquisition of Piazza Horticultural Group, LLC.
• Represented Noteefy Inc in seed funding rounds.
• Represented the Corner Bar in Sag Harbor in the sale of the business and real property.
• Represented syndicate of private investors in acquisition of Buddhaberry Yogurt in Sag Harbor.
• Represented W.H. Frank Wine & Liquor Merchants Ltd. in the sale of its retail liquor business and
  commercial facility, as well as a site plan application.
• Represented Dreesen’s Catering, LLC in sale to strategic buyer, including senior secured
  seller financing.
• Represented the Fierro family in acquisition of Fierro’s Pizza East Hampton to bring the business
  back to the family, as well as in the expansion of the business with the acquisition of Fierro’s Pizza
  Montauk.
• Represented East End waste management company in $30M sale to two strategic buyers.
• Represented landlord/owner with lease and sale, via long-term purchase options, of commercial
  property to the Town of East Hampton, including private, mortgage-backed financing of the
  property.
• Represented clean energy company with $15M secured credit facility, consisting of a Term Loan
  and Delayed Draw Term Loan, and various amendments.
• Represented owner and management team in structuring private, real estate backed investment
  company with capital raise, acquisition and leasing of various brownstones in NYC.
• Represented Roli Retreads, Inc. in sale to McCarthy Tire Service.
• Represented R.A.M. Enterprises Irrigation & Turf, Inc. in sale to strategic buyer.
• Represented Sand and Sea Construction with its corporate structuring and capitalization
  of a new construction business on the East End.

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