Scott D. Museles, Attorney

 Scott Museles is a Shareholder in the Corporate Department and chair of the Securities Practice Group.  Mr. Museles counsels public and private company clients on a variety of  matters, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, public and private securities offerings, securities regulatory compliance and general corporate law.

Prior to joining the firm as Shareholder, Mr. Museles served as Of Counsel in the Business and Finance Practice of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, located in Washington, D.C. Mr. Museles also served as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of publicly traded Building One Services Corporation, a company that Mr. Museles advised in connection with its $525 million IPO when it was called Consolidation Capital Corporation. While he served as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Building One acquired more than 50 companies with aggregate revenues exceeding $1.6 billion, executed a complex recapitalization and merged with another large, publicly traded consolidator. In September 2000, he co-founded Emerging Capital LLC located in Rockville, Maryland. This specialized merchant-banking firm focused on providing merger and acquisition, capital formation and financial advisory services with a focus on industry consolidation transactions. Emerging Capital advised mature businesses, as well as early stage clients, including wireless infrastructure, life sciences and software companies.

Mr. Museles began his career as an attorney-advisor at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the Division of Corporation Finance, where he worked on IPOs, merger and other securities regulatory matters for companies in the investment banking and leisure industries.

Mr. Museles received his law degree in 1992 from Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration in 1989 from the University of Florida.