About Scott
Scott Scharlau is a member of the Lender Services practice and specializes in assisting with buy-side, sell-side and origination-related due diligence including asset-based analyses, quality of earnings and historical operating result assessments and financial statement projections. Mr. Scharlau also has deep experience with Whole Business Securitization bond issuances and subsequent monitoring diligence activities.
Mr. Scharlau has assisted buyers, sellers, private equity investors, municipalities, hedge funds, investment banks, institutional lenders and other lending institutions in more than 300 transactions, ranging in size from $5 million to more than $4 billion. These transactions span a variety of industries including healthcare, manufacturing, retail, distribution, technology/software, chemicals, fleet asset rental, energy and quick-service/fast-casual dining. Mr. Scharlau has significant experience in cash flow, securitization and asset-based lending transactions. He assesses advance rates and recovery/valuation characteristics of various assets, analyzing the historical performance of the collateralized assets and providing operational assessments.
Within the asset-based lending environment, Mr. Scharlau specializes in transactions for large multinational corporations, given his deep understanding and experience with the lending capabilities, restrictions and country-specific reserves required within Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, Canada and Mexico. Specifically, Mr. Scharlau led the diligence team that assisted a private equity sponsor in securing a multibillion-dollar asset-based loan utilizing collateral held by approximately 40 entities located in more than 20 different countries.
A representative list of Mr. Scharlau’s clients includes Apollo Global Management, SK Capital Partners, Citibank, Bank of America, PNC Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank Securities, Wells Fargo, BMO Financial Group, Royal Bank of Canada, Barclays, Macquarie Capital and the Government Development Bank of Puerto Rico.
Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Scharlau held a senior position in the Assurance and Advisory Services practice of Deloitte & Touche, where he performed attest services, including Sarbanes-Oxley implementations at multiple Fortune 500 companies.
Education
B.S., Accounting, University of Illinois
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Contact
T: +1 312 252 9386
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Office
227 West Monroe Street
Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60606
United States
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Expertise
Corporate Finance
Financial Due Diligence
Lender Advisory
Transaction Advisory