Scott Kirkpatrick Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Scott serves as General Counsel and business strategist on Coca-Cola Canada’s Executive Leadership Team (also directing the North USA business; NYC & Boston). Additionally, he leads the legal team supporting Coca-Cola’s marketing efforts throughout North America. Scott is adept at change management; having integrated 3 legal departments during one of North America’s largest vertical integrations. A project to separate these entities (and legal structures) post-divestiture then took place in the 2018 sale of Coca-Cola’s Canadian bottling assets (*named by Lexpert a "Top 10 Deal" across Canada). Scott has been recognized for promoting diversity & inclusion; recruiting and retaining an award-winning legal team. Coca-Cola’s Canadian & North USA legal team collaborates with global leadership while driving North American objectives. The team has led projects in every facet of the business and nearly every area of law.The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is a total beverage company with products sold in more than 200 countries & territories. The portfolio includes Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta and other soft drinks. Our hydration, sports, juice, coffee and tea brands include Dasani, smartwater, vitaminwater, Topo Chico, Powerade, Costa, Minute Maid, Simply, Gold Peak and Honest. We’re constantly transforming our portfolio, from reducing sugar in our drinks to bringing innovative new products to market; including recent ventures into fairlife dairy, Topo-Chico alcohol seltzers and part ownership of Monster Energy. We seek to positively impact people’s lives, communities and the planet through water replenishment, packaging recycling, sustainable sourcing practices and carbon emissions reductions across our value chain. Together with our bottling partners, we employ more than 700,000 people, helping bring economic opportunity to local communities worldwide. Coca-Cola owns 20 separate “billion dollar brands”, serving global consumers 2 billion servings each and every day.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

~ "Racially & Culturally Aware Depictions or Portrayals: Marketing to a Diverse Consumer Base"; Canadian Institute - 27th Annual Advertising & Marketing Conference (Jan 2021) ~ "Product Liability Litigation"; Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Toronto (Oct 2019)~ "Corporate Contracts"; ILCO, Quebec City (May 2019)~ "Regulatory Food Law"; University of Toronto Faculty of Law (March 2019)~ "Women in the Workplace"; Coca-Cola International Women's Day (March 2019)~ "Product Liability Class Actions"; Defense Research Institute, Austin Texas (February 2019)~ "Diversity & Inclusion in the Legal Profession"; Gowling WLG LLP, Toronto (Dec 2018)~ "Forging a Better Union; Strategies for Optimizing Coordination Between In-House and Litigation Counsel"; Ontario Bar Association (Nov 2018)~ "Industry Insights"; University of Toronto Business Law (Oct 2018)~ "In-House Legal Leadership"; LPP In-House Program Ryerson University, Toronto (Dec 2017)~ "The Business of In-House Counsel"; LexisNexis Presents @ The Spoke Club (March 2017)~ "Product Liability and Food Law"; Defense Research Institute, Las Vegas (Feb 2017)~ "Forum for Corporate Counsel"; Canadian Institute, Toronto (Sept 2016)~ "Contemporary Business Issues"; University of Toronto Faculty of Law (Oct 2015)~ "5th Annual In-House Counsel Summit"; Law Society of Upper Canada (Feb 2015)

Global, Oo

Summer (2004) and articled (2005-2006) at Gowlings prior to bar admission and term as Corporate Attorney (2006-2011).In addition to his corporate & commercial litigation practices, Scott served as a principal for articling students. He led various business development projects, client teams and recruiting efforts from the firm’s Toronto Bay Street office. Served as Chair of the Associates' Committee (2008 -2011) with an emphasis on D&I, professional development and compensation.

Juris Doctorate, Law

B.A. (Hons), Political Science