Suazo, Aaron G.

Scott Kaufman is a partner in the firm's Corporate Department. Mr. Kaufman is a member of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions, Emerging Companies and Private Equity, and Securities and Capital Markets practice groups. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and strategic transactions, including venture capital financings, and public and private securities offerings. He is resident in the New York office.

Mr. Kaufman's clients include publicly traded and privately held companies, venture capital and hedge funds, investor groups, executives and entrepreneurs. These clients are in a number of industries, including Internet, Biotech, clean technologies, telecommunications, retail and software.

Mr. Kaufman advises domestic and foreign clients on SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and corporate governance matters, provides day-to-day corporate counseling to a number of his clients and has significant experience advising special committees in connection with related-party transactions as well as boards and audit committees in restatement issues and internal investigations.

Mr. Kaufman is active in the firm's Clean Technologies practice and was involved with forming the New York chapter of the Renewable Energy Business Network. He also has worked on a range of transactions with Israeli hi-tech companies, entrepreneurs and venture capital firms.

Mr. Kaufman co-authored the chapter titled Forming a Board: Issues for Directors and Founders in the Practicing Law Institute publication Advising High-Technology Companies.

He received his J.D. with honors from Duke University School of Law and a B.A. with distinction from The University of Michigan. Mr. Kaufman is admitted to practice in New York.