Scott Y. French

Scott French is a partner in Goodwin’s Technology practice, advising fast-growing companies on a full spectrum of corporate transactions throughout all stages of their business life cycle. He regularly navigates all types of transactions and liquidity events, including venture capital and private equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and public offering transactions. He also advises on corporate governance and securities law matters.

Venture and Growth Equity Financings

• Bitwarden in its growth equity financing led by PSG
• Simpplr in its Series D equity financing led by Sapphire Ventures
• Fashionphile in its growth equity financing led by Newspring Capital
• Heart Aerospace in its equity financings
• Lumanu in its equity financing
• Layers Media in its formation and equity financings
• Kitman Labs in its equity and debt financings
• Hudson Pacific Properties in various venture and ESG investment matters
• Fabletics (f/k/a TechStyle) in its equity and convertible notes financings*
• Savage X Fenty in its equity and convertible notes financings*
• PURE Property Management in its growth equity financing by Level Equity*
• A-Frame Brands and its joint venture subsidiaries in their venture financings*
• Bruin Biometrics in its growth equity financing by Arjo*
• MOD Pizza in its growth equity financing led by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice*
• Beautycounter in its growth equity financing led by Mousse Partners*
• Vacatia in various equity financings*
• Representation of leading venture capital and growth equity firms such as Lightspeed Venture Partners, Adams Street Partners, Ribbit Capital, Index Ventures, Unusual Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank in their venture and growth equity financings

M&A / Joint Ventures

• American Battery Solutions in its sale to Komatsu 
• Pixomondo in its sale to Sony Pictures Entertainment
• Bitwarden in its acquisition of Passwordless.dev
• Simpplr in its acquisition of Socrates.ai
• Zenda in its sale to Incomm Payments
• Fashionphile in its brand and asset acquisition of LXR
• Fashionphile in its acquisition of the business of Two Authenticators
• Beautycounter in its sale to the Carlyle Group*
• Blue Bite in its sale to Markem-Imaje, a subsidiary of the Dover Corporation*
• Prysm Collective in its sale, alongside Halon and Lux Machina, to the NEP Group*
• Digital Room in its sale to H.I.G. Capital*
• Exactor in its sale to Intuit*
• A leading Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate in various U.S. acquisitions*
• A food-focused digital media company in multiple acquisitions*
• A leading middle market-focused private equity firm in various acquisitions*
• A Los Angeles-based private equity firm in its cross-border acquisition of a leading Spanish textile company*
• A leading ecommerce retailer of computer hardware and consumer electronics in its sale to a China-based technology company*
• A-Frame Brands in its various joint venture transactions, including Kinlò with Naomi Osaka, and Proudly with Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union*
• Fabletics in its Yitty by Lizzo joint venture transaction*

Public Offerings

• A technology-focused defense, intelligence, security, and infrastructure engineering company in its initial public offering*
• A U.S. national fitness company in its initial public offering*
• An energy infrastructure REIT in its initial public offering*
• A leading global alternative investment manager in various equity and debt financings*
• A leading global gaming and resort company in various equity and debt financings*
• A leading data-center REIT in various equity and debt financings*
• A hotel and lodging REIT in various equity financings*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.