Profile
Mary A. Scott is a member of the firm’s Finance Practice. She works with domestic and foreign banks, private equity firms, financial sponsors, and borrowers on structuring, negotiating, and documenting a broad range of financing matters, including acquisition financings, revolving and term loan facilities, cash flow and asset-backed financings, secured and unsecured lending, and other commercial lending matters.
In addition to her finance practice, Mary also has experience in bankruptcy, out-of-court restructurings, and litigation relating to financial and insolvency-related matters.
Mary also has a dedicated pro bono practice, helping victims of domestic abuse in obtaining orders for protection and representing them in related proceedings.
Capabilities
Experience
- Representation of infrastructure testing and inspection public company in syndicated $1.7 billion term and revolver facilities, a portion of which was used to finance the acquisition of a publicly held tech-enabled engineering and inspection provider.
- Representation of telecommunications and infrastructure company in $715 million term and revolver facilities, a portion of which was utilized to finance two strategic acquisitions.
- Representation of industrial automation company in syndicated $161 million term and revolver facilities, a portion of which was utilized to finance two strategic acquisitions.
- Representation of administrative agent and lender in $100 million term loans and delayed draw term loans for Israeli technology and satellite communications company.
- Representation of administrative agent and lender in multiple cross-border financings for the acquisition of music catalogs and related rights, valued at more than $400 million in the aggregate.
- Representation of administrative agent and lender in $152 million term and revolver facilities utilized to finance the acquisition of music catalogs and related rights.
- Representation of a professional sports team as borrower in syndicated revolving and term credit facilities totaling $380 million in the aggregate.
- Representation of a film production and distribution company in multiple acquisition financings totaling $115 million in the aggregate.
- Representation of consumable products company in $862 million term and revolving credit facilities and $75 million ABL facility.
- Representation of fruit farm and processing company in multiple term, revolving, and RELOC facilities totaling $140 million in the aggregate, secured by multi-jurisdiction agricultural mortgages.
- Representation of lender in $145 million term loan for Chilean mining company.
- Representation of investment advisory firm in $100 million revolver facility, including upsizes for strategic acquisitions.
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Minnesota Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2025
- Recognized, Tubman Safety Project, 5 Years of Service, 2024
- Recognized, Minnesota State Bar Association, “North Star Lawyers,” 2022, 2024
- Volunteer Attorney, Tubman Safety Project, 2019-Present
- Volunteer Attorney, District of Minnesota Reentry Court Program, 2019-2023
Credentials
Education
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J.D., cum laude, University of Minnesota Law School
- Managing Editor, Minnesota Law Review
- B.A., summa cum laude, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Clerkships
- Minnesota Fourth Judicial District Court
Admissions
- Minnesota
- U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit