Scott Bucey focuses his practice on commercial lending, real estate, and business transactions.

Scott has over thirty years of experience representing top-tier banks and other institutional lenders in lending, finance, and creditors’ rights matters. Scott represents lenders nationwide in negotiating, documenting and closing commercial real estate loan originations, including term, revolving, and construction loans. Scott’s lender work has included loan modifications and restructurings; loan assumptions; partial releases or substitutions of collateral; subordination and intercreditor agreements with junior lenders; matters involving lien priority and real property title issues; and cash collateralization and cash management issues.

Scott’s real estate experience includes the representation of real estate owners, investors, and operators in commercial property-related matters including purchase and sale transactions, leasing, property management, easements, CC&R’s, and owner/operator contracts with vendors and service suppliers. Scott has extensive experience in negotiating and drafting agreements related to the telecommunications industry, including joint build and indefeasible right of use agreements. Scott also has experience regarding last mile operational issues.

Prior to joining Friedman & Springwater LLP, Scott was a partner at the Real Estate Law Group and practiced at Pepler Mastromonaco, Winston & Strawn LLP and Murphy Sheneman Julian & Rogers LLP. He began practicing law at Taft Stettinius & Hollister in Cincinnati, Ohio. Scott received his A.B. from Dartmouth College and received his J.D., cum laude, from Washington and Lee University School of Law. He is a member of the State Bar of California.