Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP Founding and Managing Partner, Scott Alderton was recently recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2020 "Lawyer of the Year" for Corporate Law.
Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year," making this accolade particularly significant. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer-review assessments.
Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism, and their integrity.
In addition to the "Lawyer of the Year" award, Scott Alderton was also listed in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the following practice areas:
- Venture Capital Law
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.
The official 2020 Best Lawyers publication can be read in its entirety here.
Scott Alderton is a Founding Partner of the Firm, Managing Partner, and a member of the Firm’s executive committee. Scott is also co-chair of the Firm’s Venture Capital and Emerging Growth practice group.
Scott advises clients across a number of industries, including software, technology, digital media, interactive entertainment, and video games, cybersecurity and life sciences.
Scott’s practice focuses on advising early stage to middle-market technology and emerging growth companies in all aspects of capital formation, venture capital and finance, corporate and securities laws, mergers, and acquisitions, high technology, intellectual property, licensing, interactive entertainment and video games, the internet, digital media, manufacturing, and distribution of goods in commerce and commercial contracts. Scott also regularly advises senior executive officers with respect to employment, compensation and equity incentives. Scott is frequently referenced as one of the top “start-up” lawyers in Southern California, and with over thirty years of experience working with technology and emerging growth companies at all stages along their evolutionary path, is sought out for his business as well as legal advice.
Scott is a frequent speaker on matters relating to technology, intellectual property, capital formation, capital raising transactions, and emerging growth companies, and was formerly an adjunct professor of law at Loyola Law school, teaching securities regulation.
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