Scott E. Pueschel

Scott E. Pueschel is a Partner at Pierce Atwood in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with a business practice centered on mergers and acquisitions, angel and venture capital financings, and business formations. He represents buyers and sellers, issuers and investors, startups, and established companies. His approach emphasizes practical risk assessment, efficient transactions, sound corporate housekeeping, and business-focused advice that helps clients complete deals and manage day-to-day corporate legal needs.

Scott earned a J.D. from Boston College Law School and studied at Georgetown University. His education supports a practice involving corporate structuring, securities offerings, business combinations, and financing transactions. He later taught mergers and acquisitions as an adjunct professor at the University of New Hampshire School of Law, extending his transactional experience into legal education.

Scott has more than thirty years of experience working with businesses at different stages of development. He has helped entrepreneurs form startups, raise capital, and pursue exits, while advising established companies on acquisitions and growth strategies. His representative work includes public and private financing transactions, venture investments, securities offerings, renewable energy projects, technology companies, and major corporate acquisitions and dispositions. He frequently serves as outsourced general counsel for ongoing business needs.

Scott E. Pueschel has been recognized by Chambers USA for Corporate/Commercial Law and by The Best Lawyers in America for corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities work. Legal 500 New England Elite named him for Corporate/M&A in 2026. His practice combines transactional experience with practical business judgment, helping clients structure investments, negotiate acquisitions, maintain corporate records, evaluate risk, and make informed decisions throughout a company’s growth and financing cycle.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Pierce Atwood LLP
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, New Hampshire Bar Association
• Member, Virginia State Bar
• Board of Trustees, Strawbery Banke Museum, Inc.

Licensed State

• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• Virginia

Education

• Boston College Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD) (Magna Cum Laude)
• Georgetown University
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Foreign Services

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