Banking and Finance Law Corporate Law Equipment Finance Law Real Estate Law
Sterling Scott "Scott" Willis
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2005 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Scott Willis is a partner in Fishman Haygood's Business Section. He practices primarily in the areas of commercial transactions, negotiated acquisitions, banking and commercial real estate acquisitions, development, and financing.
Scott is a fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (“ACREL”) and previously served on its Board of Governors, is a member of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys (“ACMA”) and serves on its Board of Regents, and is a past Chair of the Louisiana Bankers Association’s Bank Counsel Committee. He is the past Chair of the ACMA Opinions Committee, the ABA’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section Committee on Legal Opinions, and the ACREL Attorney’s Opinions Committee. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Working Group on Legal Opinions Foundation. Scott served as the Chair of the ABA Real Property Trust and Estate Section standing CLE Committee, and as a Supervisory Council Member to the Section. He is also past Chair of the New Orleans Bureau of Governmental Research.
Scott has frequently lectured on commercial transactions and legal opinion issues and as a guest lecturer at LSU Law School where he is also an emeritus member of the Alumni Board of Trustees.
Scott is ranked by Chambers and Partners in both Banking and Finance and Real Estate.
Overview
- English
- Louisiana State University, J.D., graduated 1983
- Louisiana, Louisiana State Bar Association
- English
- Louisiana, Louisiana State Bar Association
- Louisiana State University, J.D., graduated 1983
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Equipment Finance Law, New Orleans (2025)
- Equipment Finance Law, New Orleans (2021)
- Real Estate Law, New Orleans (2020)
- Banking and Finance Law, New Orleans (2018)
- Equipment Finance Law, New Orleans (2017)
- Banking and Finance Law, New Orleans (2016)
- Equipment Finance Law, New Orleans (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
- Equipment Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
Special Focus:
- Commercial Finance
- Finance
- Loan Documentation
- Maritime Lending
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mortgage
- Oil & Gas Lending
- Real Estate
- Transactions
- Uniform Commercial Code
News & Media
Additional Information
Case History
Transactions
- Stirling Properties
$60 million acquisition of the Pan American Life Building in New Orleans by Stirling Properties, which transaction was referenced in The Wall Street Journal on December 8, 2010, as its “Deal of the Week”
- Rouse's Enterprises, Inc.
Rouses Supermarkets’ acquisition of the southern division of A & P Supermarkets and subsequent expansion to 40 plus stores, including the leasing, construction and remodeling of numerous facilities
- Hotel Developments
Acquisition, financing and transfer of over a dozen hotel developments
- Fauji Fertilizer
Acquisition, dismantlement, shipping, and redevelopment of a large chemical facility from Louisiana to Pakistan
- The Canal Place
Acquisition and financing of The Canal Place mixed-use development in Louisiana
- Gas Storage Facilities
Development and financing of several above ground and below ground natural gas storage facilities
- Stirling Properties, L.L.C.
Development of the River Chase and Fremaux mixed-use communities in St. Tammany Parish, the Ambassador Town Center in Lafayette, the Mid-City Market in New Orleans, and Target-anchored shopping centers in Bossier City and Lafayette
- Unnamed Fuel and Lubricant Supplier
Acquisition and later sale of a leading fuel and lubricants supplier
- Unnamed Air and Marine Transacations
Numerous helicopter and marine vessel financings
- Unnamed Commercial Real Estate Borrowers
Regularly represent borrowers in syndicated commercial real estate financings
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