Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) Cannabis Law Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law Project Finance Law Real Estate Law Securities / Capital Markets Law Venture Capital Law
Scott T. Whittaker
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2005 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Mr. Whittaker is Chair of the firm's Business Section. He represents clients in a wide variety of transactions, including buying, selling and merging companies; private placements of securities; venture capital and private equity transactions; joint ventures; roll-ups, spin-offs and split-ups; and all phases of real estate acquisitions, development and financing. Mr. Whittaker joined Stone Pigman in 1984.
Overview
- Tulane University, J.D., graduated 1984
- Louisiana, Louisiana State Bar Association
- American Bar Association Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions - Member
- Association for Corporate Growth, Louisiana Chapter - Past President
- Louisiana State Bar Association Section on Corporate and Business Law - Member
- Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions - Past Chair
- Louisiana, Louisiana State Bar Association
- American Bar Association Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions - Member
- Association for Corporate Growth, Louisiana Chapter - Past President
- Louisiana State Bar Association Section on Corporate and Business Law - Member
- Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions - Past Chair
- Tulane University, J.D., graduated 1984
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law, New Orleans (2025)
- Corporate Law, New Orleans (2024)
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law, New Orleans (2022)
- Venture Capital Law, New Orleans (2020)
- Corporate Law, New Orleans (2017)
- Venture Capital Law, New Orleans (2014)
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law, New Orleans (2013)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Cannabis Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Project Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Venture Capital Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Awards:
- The Best Lawyers in America named him "Lawyer of the Year" in New Orleans for Venture Capital Law in 2014 and Mergers & Acquisitions Law in 2013.
- He has previously been recognized in the fields of Corporate Law, Securities Law, Venture Capital Law and Real Estate Law.
- He has also been named in the field of Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions to Chambers U.S.A., Who's Who Legal - The International Who's Who of Merger & Acquisitions Lawyers, and Louisiana Super Lawyers.
- Mr. Whittaker is the 2011 recipient of the Louisiana State Bar Association President's Award. In 2014 he received the Stephen T. Victory Memorial Award from the Louisiana State Bar Association.
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