Goodwin Partner Scott French, from Los Angeles and Santa Monica, practices in Technology, Private Equity, and more.

Scott Y. French

Partner

Scott French is a partner in Goodwin’s Technology group and a trusted advisor to high-growth technology companies, founders, and leading venture capital firms. He counsels clients through their most critical and transformative transactions, including intricate company formations, venture and growth equity financings, complex secondary transactions, strategic spinoffs, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and public offerings. Scott also advises on corporate governance and securities law matters across all stages of the corporate lifecycle.

Scott is particularly recognized for his deep experience advising LLCs and navigating the sophisticated structural and governance considerations unique to high-growth LLC startups.

Clients value his responsiveness, commercial judgment, and ability to execute complex transactions.

Experience

Scott has extensive experience representing market-leading companies and top-tier investors in frontier and emerging technology sectors, including artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, biotech, cybersecurity, defense technology, fintech, consumer platforms, and climate and energy innovation.

Scott’s representative company clients include: Aurascape, Bitwarden, Contextual AI, Fashionphile, Heart Aerospace, Kitman Labs, NavigateAI, Nudge, Traversal, Upscale AI and Yassir.

Scott’s representative venture capital clients include: a16z, Founders Fund, Greycroft, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Ribbit Capital, and Saints Capital.

Representative Matters

Professional Experience

Scott’s legal counsel is informed by a multidisciplinary background that includes prior experience as a CPA and financial auditor at Deloitte, a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, and in-house legal counsel at Newegg. This experience enables him to deliver commercially pragmatic, business-oriented advice to founders, boards, and investors.

Credentials

Education

MBA2012

Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University

JD2006

New York University School of Law

BA2000

University of California, Los Angeles

Admissions

Bars

  • California