Scott Cohen is of counsel in the Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions practices.

His practice concentrates on national and international private and public mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, and corporate governance advice. Scott’s clients come from various industries including energy and energy services, technology, manufacturing, and consumer/beverage products.

Scott is a founding member and director of the Texas Business Law Foundation and former chairman of the Corporation Laws Committee of the Texas State Bar.

• SAP in the $12.5 billion sale of Qualtrics International Inc. to Silver Lake
• The Schusterman family in its $7.2 billion sale of Samson Investment Company to KKR
• Texas Instruments in its $6.5 billion acquisition of National Semiconductor
• Tokyo Electron in its attempted $29 billion merger-of-equals with Applied Materials
• Representation of Tire Rack in its sale to Discount Tires
• Taiwan Semiconductor in its $1 billion investment in ASML
• Bridgestone in its $947 million tender offer for Pep Boys
• Viasystems Group in its $927 million sale to TTM Technologies
• Hicks Equity Partners in its $558 million sale of Latrobe Specialty Metals to Carpenter Technology
• Capital Southwest in its tax-free spin-off of CSW Industrials
• Texas Instruments in its $7.6 billion acquisition of Burr-Brown
• Texas Instruments in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Unitrode
• Pilgrim’s Pride in its $2.8 billion chapter 11 sale to JBS
• Berg Electronics in its $1.85 billion sale to Framatome Connectors
• Dr Pepper/Seven-Up in its $1.3 billion leveraged recapitalization
• Morningstar Group in its $960 million sale to Suiza Foods
• Hicks & Haas in its acquisition of Dr Pepper Company from Forstmann Little
• Hicks & Haas in its acquisition of Seven-Up Company from Philip Morris
• Hicks & Haas in its acquisition of A&W Brands from Citicorp

Awards & Accolades

• Recognized by Chambers USA as a leading lawyer in Corporate/M&A – Texas (2002–2023)
• Named “Dealmaker of the Week” by The American Lawyer (2011)
• Recognized numerous times as a leading lawyer for Corporate/M&A in Texas by Chambers Global, Best Lawyers in America and Legal 500 US