Scott T. Bell Cairncross & Hempelmann PS, Seattle Scott T. Bell, Cairncross & Hempelmann PS, Seattle. Mr. Bell advises clients on corporate finance, securities compliance, mergers and acquisitions, startups, domestic and international joint ventures, and general business planning. Specifically, his experience includes public and private offerings of corporate equity and debt (IPOs and institutional and venture capital placements); business mergers, share exchanges, recapitalizations, consolidations, and stock and asset acquisitions; counseling startup and mature companies on legal and capital structure; dispute resolution; and structuring joint ventures with domestic and foreign partners. (04/10)