Scott Herpich is a consummate strategist. He provides guidance to companies from formation to exit strategies and works with clients large and small. For more than 25 years, he has focused his practice primarily on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, as well as securities and corporate finance transactions, general corporate/business law, securitized loan servicing, and financial services.
Scott’s experience includes specializing in representing private equity, venture capital firms, family offices and small business investment companies (SBICs) in mergers, acquisitions, divestures, and mezzanine financing transactions. He also advises private and public companies in connection with restructurings and recapitalizations, joint ventures, registered and private equity and debt offerings, compliance with securities regulations, corporate governance, contested and uncontested tender offers, and proxy solicitations. In addition, Scott represents loan servicers in connection with the defeasance of commercial mortgage-backed securities loans.
Education
- University of Kansas (J.D., 1995)
- Order of the Coif; Kansas Law Review, Associate Editor
- Kansas State University (B.S., cum laude, 1992)
Bar Admission
- Missouri, 1995
- Kansas, 1996
Professional Affiliations
- The Missouri Bar
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- The Children’s Place
- Prior Board, Board Chair and Executive Committee Member
- Don Bosco
- Prior Board Member
- Kansas City Tomorrow Leadership Program
Recognition
- Selected for Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” in Kansas City, Missouri, for Corporate Law, 2026
- Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® for:
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2026
- Corporate Law, 2025-2026
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, 2025-2026
- Board Member and Treasurer of the Kansas State University Department of Finance Advisory Board since 2009
- Guest lecturer at the University of Kansas Law School on Mergers and Acquisitions
- Recognized by Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers as a Rising Star, 2008
