Henry T Scott

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Henry T. Scott is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Milbank LLP and a member of the firm's Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group.

Mr. Scott’s practice focuses on corporate, transactional and energy law. His core specialty is the representation of debt and equity financing parties in complex North American renewable energy transactions, especially those involving investment and production tax credits and the federal loan guarantee program. He has also been involved in transactions involving geothermal generation projects, coal gasification facilities, and onshore LNG terminals, as well as rail and road public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects. He regularly advises buyers and sellers in the acquisitions, workouts, and dispositions of energy and infrastructure assets, and structuring transactions more broadly in energy transition related businesses, including battery storage, electric vehicles, and renewable fuels.

In addition, Mr. Scott has experience representing clients involved in the space, communications, and transportation sectors, and has represented clients in connection with the financing of aviation, satellite, and other space-related assets.

Mr. Scott is ranked by Chambers in the Chambers USA Guide 2022 (Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy - USA - Nationwide) and recognized by Legal 500 (Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power). He was also recently named the Energy Project Development Lawyer of the Year in California - 2022 by INTL Magazine in their Global Awards series, and was recognized as a Rising Star in Project, Energy, and Infrastructure Finance by Euromoney in the 2021 Rising Stars Expert Guide. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy and received his B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa.

Mr. Scott co-authored the United States chapters of the first and second editions of The Renewable Energy Law Review, and the United States chapter of numerous editions of the Projects and Construction Review, published by Law Business Research Ltd.