Global Co-Head of Tax, Scott M. Sontag is experienced in international and domestic transactions, including structuring and negotiating complex merger and acquisition and restructuring transactions for public companies and private equity funds and their portfolio companies. In addition, Sontag advises clients extensively on transactions involving the formation and acquisition of real estate investment trusts (REITs) and on real estate acquisitions, dispositions and workouts.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers | 2026 | M&A, Tax Transactional, REIT |
| The Inaugural Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers | 2025 | M&A, Tax Transactional, REIT |
Sontag’s experience includes his representation of:
- Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management in their acquisition and related debt financing of Covis Pharma, a pharmaceutical company, from funds managed by Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm
- Bain Capital in its $1.2 billion strategic joint venture with Warner Music Group to purchase legendary music catalogs across both recorded music and music publishing
- Berkshire Partners, an investment firm, in several significant matters
- Brigade Capital Management, alongside Macellum Capital Management, in its over $1 billion acquisition of Family Dollar
- Brookfield Asset Management
- Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) in several significant matters
- The Carlyle Group in several significant matters
- Charlesbank Capital Partners and Neptune Retail Solutions, a retail marketing company, in Neptune’s all-cash take-private acquisition of Quotient Technology, a software development company and the parent company of Coupons.com
- General Electric in its $30 billion combination of its jet leasing unit, GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), with AerCap Holdings
- Gemspring Capital in its financial backing of FORM’s merger with Trax
- IBM in numerous matters
- JCPenney in its all-equity combination with SPARC Group, a New York-based retail group, to form a new organization known as Catalyst Brands
- Lennar Corporation, a $45 billion publicly traded homebuilder, in its acquisition of Rausch Coleman Homes, a residential homebuilder
- NewPoint Real Estate Capital, a Texas-based commercial real estate finance company, and its equity holders including Stone Point Capital, in the sale to Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT), a New York-based real estate investment trust
- Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan in its acquisition, alongside Brookfield Infrastructure and its institutional partners, of Compass Datacenters
- Roark Capital Group, a private equity firm focused on customer brands and multi-unit businesses, and its portfolio companies in several significant mattersSagewind Capital and its portfolio companies in several significant matters
- Savers Value Village in its $461.4 million initial public offering
- Tricon Residential, a rental housing company