Robert Scott
Partner
Robert Scott is a corporate finance, media and general corporate lawyer with a background in public and private securities offerings, digital media, venture capital and private equity and general corporate representation to businesses of all sizes.
Robert has worked with a variety of public and private companies, start-ups and individuals in connection with business structuring, financings, acquisitions and operations, and from 2017 to 2022 served as General Counsel of The Arena Group (NYSE: AREN), a public media technology company and publisher of Sports Illustrated, Parade and TheStreet.
After practicing for a number of years in his native Australia, Robert joined the corporate finance department at Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York, working on large, multi-jurisdictional financings, representing both issuers and underwriters. He later moved to King & Spalding LLP, where he spearheaded a variety of public and private financings, before launching a boutique practice in New York City servicing clients in the startup and venture capital world and rights owners in media and entertainment.
Robert serves as Secretary and a Director of the Robot Heart Foundation, a music and arts 501c3 public charity, and serves on the Board of Directors of Hope for Ukraine, a 501c3 public charity supporting the victims of the war in Ukraine. In addition, Robert co-founded forward-thinking lifestyle company Further Future, which has produced large scale festivals combining music and cultural content with talks and workshops by world-renowned thought-leaders in a range of fields including business, science and technology and the arts.
Robert is admitted to practice in New York, New South Wales and Western Australia.
Mark Pieri
Partner
Mark Pieri is a corporate and commercial lawyer with a broad range of experience in corporate structure and finance, mergers and acquisitions, and general commercial matters. Mark’s areas of industry practice include media and technology, fashion and lifestyle, sports and events.
Mark began his legal practice in 1999 at Bennett & Co. Barristers and Solicitors in Perth, Western Australia, where he was a member of the corporate/commercial practice group working on corporate finance and M&A transactions.
Before moving to New York, Mark spent several years as an associate solicitor in the Abu Dhabi offices of Simmons & Simmons where he worked in the corporate/commercial group with clients such as BP, Shell and Travelex.
In 2006, Mark moved to New York and has practiced with Hand Baldachin & Associates and then with Scott Lawyers.
Mark is a founding partner of Pieri Scott LLP, a boutique New York firm servicing clients in the startup and venture capital world and rights owners in media and entertainment.
Mr. Pieri is admitted to practice in New York and Western Australia.