R. Scott Shean is the Managing Partner of the Orange County office and a member of firm's Corporate Department. Mr. Shean's practice focuses on general corporate and securities matters, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets.
Mr. Shean serves as outside corporate counsel to several public and private companies from various industries, including software, health care, real estate, energy, gaming, internet and biotechnology companies. He also serves as the local chair of the firm's Public Company Representation Group. Mr. Shean was recently named to the Daily Journal's list of the “20 to Watch Under 40,” recognizing the top attorneys under the age of 40 in California.
In recent years, Mr. Shean's clients have included Health Care Property Investors, Inc., ICOS Corporation, FileNet Corporation, Amgen Inc., Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc., Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., Varco International, Inc., Pan Pacific Retail Properties, Inc., The Irvine Company, Automotive.com, Inc., Complete Production Services, Inc., Affinity Financial Corporation, Deutsche Banc Securities, Bear Stearns, Piper Jaffray and Merrill Lynch.
Mr. Shean's representative experience has included:
- Watson Pharmaceuticals in its pending $1.8 billion acquisition of Arrow Group and its $2 billion acquisition of Andrx Corporation
- Visiogen, Inc. in its $400 million sale to Abbott Laboratories
- HCP, Inc. (formerly Health Care Property Investors) in its $3 billion acquisition of Slough Estates USA
- ICOS Corporation in its $2.1 billion sale to Eli Lilly
- FileNet Corporation in its $1.6 billion sale to IBM
- Varco International, Inc. in its $5 billion merger with National Oilwell
- Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. in its $10.3 billion acquisition of Caesars Entertainment
- Amgen Inc. in its $17.7 billion acquisition of Immunex Corporation
- Pan Pacific Retail Properties, Inc. in its multi-billion dollar acquisitions of Western Properties Trust and Center Trust, Inc., and
- Automotive.com in its sale to Primedia, Inc.