Scott G. Night

Scott Night represents lenders and borrowers in a range of complex finance transactions including structuring and documenting syndicated credit facilities and multi-currency facilities. He offers clients broad experience in secured and unsecured credit facilities to real estate investment trusts (REITs), real estate investment funds, and homebuilders, as well as to the hospitality industry. Scott also represents private equity sponsors in leveraged financings to acquire or recapitalize their portfolio companies.

Scott represented the administrative agent and lead arranger in connection with a $3.5 billion equivalent global credit facility and a $1.0 billion equivalent global credit facility to publicly traded REIT involving U.S., Canada, Euro, Japan, Korea, and China borrowers and currencies.

Clients praise Scott for his responsiveness, business perspective, and ability to work well with opposing parties. Chambers USA, 2020 notes that his legal peers describe him as “an incredibly strong lawyer with a great lender practice” (Chambers and Partners). Prior to attending law school, Scott worked as an auditor with a “Big Four” accounting firm. He is a frequent speaker and author on finance-related issues including Texas usury laws.

Scott has had extensive involvement with the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. In addition to being a past chair, he has chaired the Commercial Financial Services Committee and has been an active member of the Opinions Law Committee. Scott is also a past chair of the Texas Business Law Foundation, which advances business law and serves as a source of advice and consultation to all branches of Texas government. 

Selected Publications and Speeches

• "The Phase-Out of LIBOR and Its Effect on Credit Agreements and Other Debt Instruments, speaker, 16th Annual Advanced Business Law Course - TexasBar CLE, Dallas, November 8-9, 2018.