Wornow Legal & Advisory Services offers 30+ years of sophisticated legal, business, and corporate counseling experience.
We offer cost-effective and alternative fee arrangements to align our interests with those of our clients.
Learn MoreAct as outside General Counsel for start-ups, early-stage, and middle-market companies. Former award-winning General Counsel and Senior Executive for three publicly-traded companies. Expert in corporate governance, compliance, and legal management.
Advice on structuring, negotiating, and executing commercial transactions, technology licenses, intellectual property development, and day-to-day contractual matters.
Buy and sell-side representation. Structured, negotiated, and executed more than $25 billion in M&A and corporate transactions. Strategic consulting and restructuring advisory services.
Managed over $15 billion in private equity, venture capital, and other financings.
Scott Wornow has over 30 years of legal experience in public and private companies and as a Law Partner at international law firms.
Wornow has practiced at the highest levels of the legal industry on both the East and West Coasts, taken companies public as both internal and external counsel, developed and managed legal departments at multiple companies, helped raise billions in capital, and closed multiple billions of public and private company M&A transactions.
Wornow brings in-depth knowledge to his clients through a unique blend of experience.
Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel for publicly traded technology companies
Partner at multiple international law firms in Silicon Valley and New York (admitted to practice in both California and New York)
Executive Vice President for Legal & Business Affairs at a leading technology company
Chief Restructuring Officer for a technology company
Board Advisor for technology companies
Start-up Mentor at a Silicon Valley technology incubator and UC Davis Entrepreneurship Institute
Vice-Chair of the Business Law Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco
Wornow has led and managed legal departments that have won multiple awards and industry recognition.
Best Governance, Risk & Compliance Program at Small to Mid-Cap Company. New York Stock Exchange Governance, Risk & Compliance Leadership Awards.
Employment Department of the Year. Global Counsel Awards (sponsored with Association of Corporate Counsel).
Most Innovative In-House Law Departments (corporate training and risk mitigation programs). Financial Times.
Most Innovative In-House Law Departments (aligning performance and value for external counsel). Financial Times.
"Reclaiming the Legal Department: Why Scott Wornow Took Legal Back from Outside Counsel and How the Change Has Impacted Atmel’s Bottom Line." Modern Counsel. April 2016. Read Online.
"Profile of Scott Wornow." California Law Recorder. March 21, 2013.
"Profile of Scott Wornow." California Daily Law Journal. December 12, 2012.
"Ethical Lapses, Illegal Actions and Corporate Governance." San Francisco Daily Journal. May 2019. Read Online.
"Connected Buildings, Connected Things and Security Considerations." San Francisco Daily Journal. February 2019. Read Online.
"Tech is Bringing Changes to Construction." San Francisco Daily Journal. January 2019. Read Online.
"Successful Alternative Fee Arrangements Require Effective Lawyer-Client Alignment." San Francisco Daily Journal. August 2017.
"When Law Firms Look and Sound Alike." San Francisco Daily Journal. June 2017.
"When a “Standard” is Raised, Ask Why." San Francisco Daily Journal. April 2017.
"Minutes Deserve More Time." State Bar of California, Business Law News. December 2016.
"Focus on Value." San Francisco Daily Journal. November 2016.
"Compliance Programs Even More Essential After Jensen." San Francisco Daily Journal. October 2016.
"Kids Get Grades - Why Not Law Firms." San Francisco Daily Journal. August 2016.
"Essential Triad of Risk Management." San Francisco Daily Journal. June 2016.
"The Art of the Minutes." San Francisco Daily Journal. May 2016.
"Model T Laws in a Tesla-Driven World." San Francisco Daily Journal. April 2016.
"Assessing the In-House Revolution." San Francisco Daily Journal. April 2016.
"Thoughts on the State of Corporate Governance." San Francisco Daily Journal. March 2016.
"Rethinking Legal Technology." CIO Review Magazine. March 2016.
"Blinded by Just Thinking Like a Lawyer." San Francisco Daily Journal. July 2015.
"Syncing Outside, Inside Counsel." San Francisco Daily Journal. February 2015.
"Rethinking the ‘Professional Pyramid'." San Francisco Daily Journal. January 2015.
"Exclusive Forum Bylaws May Have Unintended Consequences." San Francisco Daily Journal. November 2014.
Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel. Co-author, Chapter on "Technology". Thomson Reuters Publications. 2013-2020.
Senior Vice President
Chief Legal Officer
Chief Compliance Officer
Corporate Secretary
Executive VP of Legal & Business Affairs
Chief Restructuring Officer
Vice President
General Counsel
Corporate Secretary
Founder, West Coast Corporate Practice
Partner
Partner
Juris Doctor
Cum Laude
B.A. and M.A. in Law
First Class Honors
Downing College Scholar
B.A. in Economics
Summa Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Board of Directors of Semiconductor Industry Association, the principal policy organization of the U.S. semiconductor industry
Board of Directors of Blue Dome Technologies
Start-up Mentor at Bishop Ranch Intelligence & Innovation Accelerator and UC Davis Entrepreneurship Institute
Audit Committee (2014-2020) at the College Preparatory School in Oakland, California
Advisory Boards at Penthera Partners (mobile software), Covalent Data (IP software), and Chatalyze (virtual meet-and-greets)
Vice-Chair of the Business Law Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco