Scott T. Whittaker

Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann L.L.C.

Recognized since 2005

New Orleans, Louisiana

Practice Areas

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

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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.

Contact & Links

Lawyer Page: https://www.stonepigman.com/attorneys-Scott-Whittaker.html

Location

909 Poydras Street, Suite 3150
New Orleans, LA 70112-4042

Education

Tulane University, J.D., graduated 1984

Bar Admissions

Louisiana, Louisiana State Bar Association

Affiliations

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

Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann L.L.C.

Headquarters: New Orleans, Louisiana

36 The Best Lawyers in America^® awards

8 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® in America awards

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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^® 2025 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

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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