Scott C Chase

Scott C. Chase

Partner
Scott C. Chase
Boston
+1 617 570 1403
Scott Chase is a partner in Goodwin’s REITs and Real Estate M&A, Capital Markets and Public Company Advisory practices. He works on a variety of corporate and securities matters, including IPOs and other capital markets transactions, securities law and corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions.

Experience

Scott serves or has served as ongoing corporate and securities counsel for public and private companies in a variety of industries, including real estate, service, medical devices, life sciences and technology.

He has also represented numerous leading investment banks in connection with capital markets transactions, including BofA Securities, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, Wells Fargo Securities, Barclays, UBS Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank Securities, RBC Capital Markets, , Baird, Raymond James, Jefferies and Keybanc Capital Markets.

Scott has been involved in:

  • over $24 billion of equity and debt offerings;
  • approximately $6 billion of proposed securities offerings where the issuer was ultimately sold in an M&A transaction or pursued an alternative transaction; and
  • Over $17 billion of completed public and private mergers and acquisitions on behalf of purchasers and sellers.

He represents public and private companies, including publicly traded REITs, and underwriters in capital markets transactions such as IPOs, follow-on public offerings, and private offerings of equity and debt securities, including the representation of:

  • American Healthcare REIT (NYSE: AHR)
    • Representation of the underwriting syndicate of 11 banks in connection with the IPO of American Healthcare REIT, the largest REIT IPO in the previous 6 years.
  • Invitation Homes Inc. (NYSE: INVH)
    • Representation of the underwriting syndicate of 17 banks in connection with the IPO of Invitation Homes Inc., the second largest REIT IPO in history.
    • Representation of the underwriters in connection with several over $1 billion selling stockholder offerings by a private equity sponsor totaling over $6 billion.
    • Representation of the underwriters in connection with several follow-on equity offerings and debt offerings totaling over $4 billion.
    • Representation of 22 sales agents in connection with $1.25 billion ATM program with forward component.
    • Representation of 15 sales agents in connection with $800 million ATM program.
  • Terreno Realty Corporation (NYSE: TRNO)
    • Representation of Terreno Realty Corporation in connection with its IPO, several public follow-on offerings of common stock and preferred stock, several ATM programs and several private placements of debt securities.
  • TIER REIT, Inc. (formerly NYSE: TIER)
    • Representation of TIER REIT, Inc. in connection with its listing on the NYSE and multiple ATM programs.
  • Elme Communities (formerly Washington Real Estate Investment Trust) (NYSE: ELME)
    • Representation of the underwriters in connection with a public follow-on offering of common stock.
    • Representation of the sales agents in connection with multiple ATM programs.
  • Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. (NYSE: AHH)
    • Representation of the underwriters in connection with multiple equity offerings.
    • Representation of the sales agents in connection with AHH’s ATM program.
  • STAG Industrial, Inc. (NYSE: STAG)
    • Representation of the underwriters or sales agents in connection with STAG’s IPO, several public follow-on offerings of common stock and preferred stock and several ATM programs.
  • Equity One, Inc. (formerly NYSE: EQY)
    • Representation of Equity One, Inc. in connection with multiple follow-on offerings, secondary offerings and ATM programs.
  • Donahue Schriber in connection with several investments by institutional investors.
  • Boston Properties (NYSE: BXP) in connection with a public follow-on offering of common stock.
  • UniFirst Corporation (NYSE: UNF) in connection with a private debt offering and public secondary stock offering.
  • Radius Global Infrastructure, Inc. (NASDAQ: RADI)
    • Representation of the initial purchasers in connection with 144A debt offering.

Scott's work on proposed IPOs includes, among others, the representation of:

  • A large real estate investment sponsor in connection with the proposed IPO of a REIT to be listed on the NYSE.
  • Workspace Property Trust in connection with its proposed IPO and proposed listing on the NYSE.
  • The underwriters in connection with multiple other proposed IPOs and proposed listings of issuers on the NYSE.
  • Archstone Inc. in connection with its proposed IPO and proposed listing on the NYSE.
  • SiGe Semiconductor Inc. in connection with its proposed IPO and proposed listing on NASDAQ.

His work on completed public and private mergers and acquisitions on behalf of purchasers and sellers includes the representation of:

  • UniFirst Corporation (NYSE: UNF) in connection with over 60 acquisitions.
  • Donahue Schriber in connection with its sale to First Washington Realty.
  • TIER REIT (formerly NYSE: TIER) in connection with its merger with Cousins Properties.
  • ZOLL Medical Corporation (formerly, NASDAQ: ZOLL) in connection with its sale to Asahi Kasei.
  • Boston Capital Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. in connection with its merger with an affiliate of BPG Properties.
  • Salesnet in connection with its sale to RightNow Technologies.
  • A hotel chain in connection with its merger with an affiliate of The Blackstone Group.

Professional Experience

Scott was a summer associate at Goodwin and served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Nathaniel M. Gorton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Credentials

Education

JD2005

Duke University School of Law

BA2000

Amherst College

(magna cum laude)

Admissions

Bars

  • Massachusetts

Recognition & Awards

Scott is recognized in Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Scott has been recognized for several years in The Legal 500 United States for his corporate work.

Scott has been recognized for several years by IFLR1000 – the guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms.

During law school, Scott was an Editor of the Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law.