Pierce Atwood LLP

64 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law Securities / Capital Markets Law

Biography

Whether working with an emerging company or an established enterprise, an issuer of securities or an investor, Scott Pueschel distills his years of experience in business formations, business combinations and securities offerings into clear advice his clients can use. Scott prides himself on his ability to take a fresh look at a problem or issue while drawing on past experience to arrive at a straightforward and streamlined solution.

Throughout his career, Scott has worked with buyers and sellers, issuers, investors and underwriters in numerous private placements, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and public offerings. As a result, he understands the unique concerns and perspectives of each of these participants, helping his clients both to plan ahead for these transactions and to understand what motivates their counterparts when these transactions occur. Scott often works as an "outsourced" general counsel to his clients, closely involved as part of their management teams and coordinating the delivery of Pierce Atwood's full spectrum of expertise to them.

Pierce Atwood LLP

64 Best Lawyers awards

Pierce Atwood LLP logo

Overview

  • Boston College Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, graduated 1993
  • Georgetown University, B.S., Foreign Services, graduated 1990

  • United States, Massachusetts
  • United States, New Hampshire
  • United States, Virginia
  • United States, Massachusetts
  • United States, New Hampshire
  • United States, Virginia
  • Boston College Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, graduated 1993
  • Georgetown University, B.S., Foreign Services, graduated 1990

Client Testimonials

Scott has been an excellent resource for our renewable energy project development company.

Mark Richardson (US Light Energy Company)

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Mergers and Acquisitions Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2018 - Mergers and Acquisitions Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2015 - Corporate Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Manchester (2025)
  • Corporate Law, Manchester (2023)
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Manchester (2018)
  • Corporate Law, Manchester (2015)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Corporate Compliance Law
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Securities Regulation
  • Tax Law
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers in America® "Lawyer of the Year" for NH for Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2018) and Corporate Law (2015)
  • Listed in Chambers USA for Corporate/Commercial Law.
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Corporate Law and Securities/Capital Markets Law (2010-present), and Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2014-present)

Case History

Cases
  • Recent Experience
The formation and seed funding of a developer of job search technology for the most intractable problems faced by job seekers, employers, and recruiting vendors
Lead counsel to a leading national food products company in the spinoff of a major subsidiary
Underwriters' counsel in two public offerings of common stock by bank holding companies
Counsel to a venture capital fund in its investments in a developer of demand chain management software, a developer of clinical billing and practice management software and a developer of wind energy facilities
Comprehensive representation of a developer of renewable energy facilities in a series of tax exempt bond financings, a preferred stock and warrants PIPE, a private placement of common stock and five underwritten public offerings of common stock and convertible debt
Principal counsel to an NYSE-listed global leader in the design and marketing of premium-quality footwear, apparel and accessories with respect to SEC and NYSE reporting and compliance matters

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