Charting the correct course.
For today’s business owners, working with government and other regulatory requirements can be like trying to walk through a maze. Scott is the navigator that helps his clients work their way through the confusion. He strives to be the main point of contact with government regulators to deal with the issues and problems his clients face so that his clients can concentrate on the business side of their projects.
Representative matters
Scott’s clients include family-owned businesses, large corporations, government financial and development agencies, airport and harbour authorities, major banks, mortgage-lending institutions, and companies involved in technology, manufacturing, software and media. Some examples of how he has helped his clients include:
- Acting for banks, mortgage companies, provincial lending agencies and provincial development corporations as counsel for financing of new and existing businesses and negotiating financing and development agreements.
- Acting for owners of small businesses and professionals, providing advice on corporate structure, financing, transfer of ownership from one generation to the next and attending to corporate reorganization and transfers.
- Acting for the developers of condominium complexes, providing advice on financing property development, condominium law and acquisitions and sales of condominiums.
- Acting as external general counsel to airport and harbour authorities, providing general counsel advice on negotiations with federal and provincial governments and ongoing operations of the authorities.
Areas of practice:
- Corporate/Commercial
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Property and Real Estate Development
- Banking
- Owner Managed Business
- Media and Entertainment
- Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency
BAR ADMISSION(S)
Prince Edward Island, 1982
LAW SOCIETY(IES)
Law Society of Prince Edward Island
EDUCATION
Dalhousie University, LL.B., 1981
University of Prince Edward Island, B.B.A., 1978
QUEEN'S COUNSEL
2001
ACTIVITIES
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Practice manager, Corporate Commercial, Stewart McKelvey Prince Edward Island
- Former chair, National Young Lawyers Conference, Canadian Bar Association
- Secretary, Charlottetown Airport Authority Inc.
- President, Downtown Charlottetown Inc.
- Former chair, Discipline Committee, Law Society of Prince Edward Island
- Former president, Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce
- Former director and member, Management Board, Canadian Bar Insurance Association
LANGUAGE(S)
English
MARTINDALE-HUBBELL RATINGS
BV
EXTERNAL RATINGS
- Best Lawyers: Banking and Finance, 2006
- Best Lawyers: Corporate Law, 2010-2012
- Best Lawyers: Real Estate Law, 2008-2012