Biography
Scott Wilson is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Miles & Stockbridge, leading the 200-plus-lawyer firm and serving as the steward of its vision and core strategies.
A principal in the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice, Scott advises public and private companies, private equity sponsors and institutional investors on middle-market mergers and acquisitions, securities transactions, private fund formation and special situations.
Scott regularly advises on corporate governance issues and counsels public companies on novel issues, including those pertaining to Maryland corporate law and Maryland REIT law, the legal duties owed by officers, directors and trustees attendant to strategic transactions and other significant decisions. He frequently serves as special Maryland counsel, counsel to special committees or counsel to event-driven demand committees of Maryland corporations.
As both Chairman and a working principal at the firm, Scott frequently collaborates with other Miles & Stockbridge lawyers who have deep experience in complementary legal disciplines. He works tirelessly to bring together lawyers from diverse practices and backgrounds to develop the sort of deep understanding of our clients and their businesses that helps serve their broader needs more effectively and efficiently.
He previously led the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice for nearly a decade, overseeing its expansion across markets and strengthening its position in complex middle-market transactions.
Scott is nationally ranked by Chambers USA as a leading lawyer in REITs: Maryland Counsel and in Maryland for Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions.
Scott is a past chair of the Business Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association and currently serves as the vice chair of the Committee on Corporation Law of the section.
Representative Maryland General Corporate Law Matters
- Maryland counsel to numerous real estate investment trusts (REITs), business development companies (BDCs) and registered closed-end funds across the life cycle of the fund including in response to activist stockholders, contested election matters, proxy contests and bet-the-company litigation.
- Maryland counsel to Sonida Senior Living, Inc. (NYSE: SNDA), a leading owner, operator and investor in senior living communities, attendant to its acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties, Inc., a public non-traded real estate investment trust.
- Maryland counsel to KSL Capital Partners, LLC in connection with the acquisition by its affiliates of Hersha Hospitality Trust (NYSE: HT), in a go-private transaction.
- Maryland counsel to Destiny Tech100, Inc., a Maryland corporation (NYSE: DXYZ), attendant to its formation and listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
- Maryland counsel to Alcentra Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ABDC) attendant to merger with Crescent Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCAP).
- Maryland counsel to Blackstone (NYSE: BX) attendant to Blackstone Real Estate Partners X’s acquisition of Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. (NASDAQ: ROIC).
- Maryland counsel to Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: CDR) attendant to asset sale and follow-on merger with Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (NYSE: WHLR)
Representative Transactions
- Counsel to GSE Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: GVP) in its sale to an affiliate of Pelican Energy Partners, LP.
- Counsel to Sev1Tech, LLC, a portfolio company of DFW Capital Partners, attendant to its acquisition of Geocent, LLC.
- Counsel to Guggenheim Partners attendant to sale of Educate, Inc. (dba Sylvan Learning Centers) to Franchise Retail Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRG).
- Counsel to FlyWheel Digital, LLC, an Amazon-centric managed service provider, in its cross-border sale to Ascential PLC.
- Counsel to Villatel, a developer of luxury vacation homes, in its sale of Florida-based luxury property management business, Jeeves Rentals, to Vacasa Inc. (NASDAQ: VCSA).
- Counsel to Telos Corporation (NASDAQ: TLS), an information technology and cybersecurity company, attendant to its initial public offer and follow-on offering.
- Counsel to Fortune 500 tool manufacturer with regard to multiple divestitures of manufacturing and distribution businesses.
Services
Industries
Education
- Boston College (J.D., cum laude, 2007)
- University of Virginia (B.A., 2001)
Bar Admissions
- Maryland, 2007
Professional Affiliations
- Maryland State Bar Association: Business Law Section Past Chair; Business Law Section Committee on Corporation Laws Vice Chair
Special Honors
- Best Lawyers in America®: Selected for inclusion in the area of Corporate Law (2019-2026) and Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2024-2026)
- Chambers USA - America’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Listed in the area of Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions-Maryland (2020-2025); REITs: Maryland Counsel-Nationwide (2020-2025) (achieving the highest "first band" ranking nationwide)
- Baltimore Magazine "Top Lawyer" for Corporate Counsel (2026)
- Martindale-Hubbell Peer Reviewed
- Maryland Super Lawyers® - Rising Stars Edition: Selected for inclusion in the area of Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, General Litigation (2011-2012); Business Litigation (2013); Business/Corporate (2014-2018)
Court Admissions
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Maryland
