Departments

Phone: 816.360.4150
Fax: 816.753.1536

Scott M. Herpich

Shareholder

Scott Herpich practices primarily in the areas of securities transactions, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, securitized loan servicing, financial services and general corporate/business law. His experience includes representing public and private companies in connection with mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and sales, public and private equity and debt offerings, compliance with securities regulations, corporate governance, contested and uncontested tender offers and proxy solicitations, venture capital and bank financings and joint ventures, and representing loan servicers and consultants in connection with the defeasance of CMBS loans.

Mr. Herpich has extensive experience representing public companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, registered and private equity and debt offerings and compliance with securities regulations, including registration and reporting requirements, requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and corporate governance matters.  Mr. Herpich also has extensive experience in representing clients in connection with hostile tender offers and proxy solicitations relating to public companies.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • The Missouri Bar
  • Kansas Bar Association
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
  • The Children’s Place
    • Board and Executive Committee Member
  • Don Bosco
    • Board Member
  • Kansas City Tomorrow Leadership Program

Distinctions

  • 2008 Rising Star (Missouri and Kansas SuperLawyers)
  • Appointed to the Finance Advisory Board by the Kansas State University Department of Finance in 2009.

Experience

  • Represented public companies in registered merger transactions involving the drafting and filing of S-4 registration statements
  • Represented public company in the issuance of $94 million of common stock in a public offering
  • Represented public company in the issuance in the amounts of $175 million, $200 million and $225 million of senior subordinated notes under Rule 144A/Reg S
  • Represented private equity group in the acquisition of privately held companies
  • Represented public company in registered exchange offers for notes issued under Rule 144A/Reg S
  • Represented shareholder in a proxy fight for control of a publicly traded REIT
  • Represented shareholder in connection with proxy fight to elect directors to a publicly traded corporation
  • Represented private companies in several hostile tender offers and proxy fights for control of public reporting real estate limited partnerships
  • Represented public company in a SEC registered spin-off transaction
  • Represented subordinated lenders in connection with mezzanine loans to privately held companies