Scott Bennett is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department. His practice primarily focuses on representing issuers and investment banking firms in connection with public and private offerings of securities, as well as representing corporate clients in mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Bennett advises clients across a broad range of industries, such as consumer products, oil and gas, financial services, healthcare, industrials and chemicals, media and entertainment, technology, telecommunications, shipping, transportation and blockchain and financial technology (FinTech).

Mr. Bennett has been recognized for his work in the capital markets arena by The Legal 500 United States from 2014 through 2019; The Legal 500 Latin America from 2015 through 2017; IFLR1000 from 2016 through 2019; and Super Lawyers in 2016 and 2017. He was named a “Rising Star” by Law360 in 2018, recognizing him as one of three outstanding capital markets lawyers in the nation under the age of 40. From 2017 through 2019, Mr. Bennett was named a “Next Generation Lawyer” in both the Capital Markets: Equity Offerings and Capital Markets: Global Offerings categories by The Legal 500 United States. In addition, he has been recognized as a leading practitioner in mergers and acquisitions by The Legal 500 Latin America in 2016 and 2017.

Mr. Bennett was born in Sarasota, Florida. He received a B.A. in Economics from Duke University in 2002. Mr. Bennett received a J.D. with High Honors from Emory University in 2006 where he was valedictorian, a notes and comments editor of the Law Journal and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He joined Cravath in 2006 and became a partner in 2014. Mr. Bennett currently serves as the Firm’s Corporate Hiring Partner and is a member of the Firm’s Diversity Committee.