Avocats – United States

Eleazer Klein

Ele Klein is co-chair of the global Shareholder Activism Group and serves as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He practices in the areas of shareholder activism, mergers and acquisitions, securities law and regulatory compliance. He represents activists, investment banks and companies in matters ranging from corporate governance and control to proxy contests and defensive strategies. His recent representations have included representing Trian Fund Management in multiple matters; Elliott Management in Marathon Petroleum, Akamai Technologies and Hess Corp.; JANA Partners in Jack in the Box, Whole Foods, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Tiffany; D.E. Shaw in Emerson Electric; Greenlight Capital in General Motors; Cevian Capital in Autoliv, ABB and LM Ericsson; Starboard Value in Papa John’s International and Acacia Research; Caligan Partners in Knowles Corp. and AMAG Pharmaceuticals; Blue Harbour in Investors Bancorp; venBio Select Advisor in Immunomedics; Saba Capital in First Trust; Oasis Capital in Stratus Properties; Altimeter Capital Management in United Continental Holding; SRS Investment Management in Avis Budget Group; and Anchorage in connection with board representation at Houghton Mifflin. Ele works on numerous activist campaigns and related transactions every year for some of the largest private investment groups and investment banks in the United States and abroad. In addition, he advises on private investments in public equity (PIPEs), initial public offerings and secondary offerings, venture capital financing, and indenture defaults and interpretation, and he counsels clients in the regulatory areas of insider trading, short selling, Sections 13 and 16, Rule 144, insider trading and Regulation M/Rule 105. Ele is recognized as a leading lawyer in Chambers USA, The Legal 500 US, New York Super Lawyers – New York Metro Top 100 and Super Lawyers Business Edition. He has served as a moderator and speaker at numerous conferences and events addressing Shareholder Activism, regulatory and reporting issues, PIPEs, M&A deals, the capital markets and other topics of interest to the alternative investment industry. He contributed to the 2020 Shareholder Activism Insight report (produced by Activist Insight in association with SRZ), The Activist Investing Annual Review 2019 (produced by Activist Insight in association with SRZ) and the 2018 Shareholder Activism Insight report (published by SRZ in association with Activist Insight and Okapi Partners). Ele received his J.D. from Yale Law School where was senior editor on The Yale Law Journal.

McDermott Will & Schulte

Elena Baca

Elena Baca is the Global Chair of the Paul Hastings Employment Law Department and leads a diverse group of more than 80 lawyers in 10 offices around the world. Elena is a first-chair litigator who regularly navigates high-stakes litigation, conducts sensitive investigations and advises C-suite executives and corporate boards on compliance and regulatory issues involving human capital. In her role as practice Chair, Paul Hastings’ Employment Department has anticipated and led the response to evolving employment issues, including employee and shareholder activism, AI, COVID, DEI and CSR. Elena is recognized as a leading trial lawyer by many notable publications. She has been consistently ranked by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 as one of the top employment defense lawyers in California. Chambers USA has noted that her “litigation track record and outstanding trial victories stand out in the legal marketplace, due to both her sheer volume of wins and the ways in which these decisions are helping to shape future employment and labor law, particularly in California.” In Chambers, Elena has been described as “second to none,” a “phenomenal lawyer and creative thinker,” “one of the preeminent labor and employment lawyers in Los Angeles,” and “one of the best attorneys I have ever worked with.” Elena also has been selected continuously since 2006 as one of the Best Lawyers in America in employment law. She has repeatedly been named as one of California’s “Top Women Lawyers” and as one of California’s “Top Labor and Employment Attorneys” by the Los Angeles Daily Journal. She has been selected as one of Lawdragon’s Top 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers. The American Lawyer also recognized her in its “Top 45 Under 45” list. An experienced trial lawyer, Elena has established an impressive record of defense verdicts and arbitration wins representing a wide variety of corporate clients. Her adversarial practice is primarily focused on employment-related issues, such as employee mobility, discrimination, wage and hour, and whistleblower issues. She is considered a “go-to” employment lawyer for many large employers with high-profile disputes involving high-level executives and contentious high-stakes litigation (including class action claims). She is regularly called upon to assist with crisis litigation, with its unique demands and need for an experienced, sophisticated and broad strategic focus. Elena is frequently called upon to turn around cases that have been mishandled by other law firms and take them to trial. Her clients include talent agencies, entertainment companies, web-based services, online social media and networking platforms, video game developers and publishers, financial institutions, medical technology and research companies, law firms, public utilities, major manufacturers, and leading consumer brands.

Paul Hastings LLP

Elena M. Coyle

Partner

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Elena Maria Millerman

Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Elena Rizzo

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Elena Romanova

Elena Romanova is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Elena brings extensive experience in tax matters related to insurance, structured finance, securitizations, derivatives, digital assets, and other financial products. She provides clients with firsthand industry experience and a deep understanding of tax law and unique tax issues faced by issuers, private equity investors, and direct lenders as well as the financial and insurance industries. Elena's practice focuses particularly on tax issues that arise in: Insurance and reinsurance industries Asset backed finance and securitizations, including collateralized fund obligations and collateralized loan obligations Structured finance Equity and other derivative transactions, such as structured notes, convertible debt securities, and swaps and forward contracts Digital assets and fintech transactions International taxation, including cross-border finance, withholding tax and information reporting matters, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), the OECD Common Reporting Standard, and financial industry global tax transparency initiatives Excise tax on corporate stock repurchases Elena is highly regarded within the industry for her in-house experience and deep understanding of tax law. She is regularly called upon to speak at tax conferences to discuss issues relating to financing, derivatives and to the financial industry. Elena is a former Chair of the American Bar Association Tax Committee’s Financial Institutions and Products Subcommittee and a current member of the Executive Committee of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association. Prior to joining Latham, Elena was a Managing Director at Citigroup, where she served as the Global Head of the Business Tax Advisory, supporting the Institutional Clients Group and the Consumer Bank. She also practiced for several years at another major New York firm and prior to that, served as a Tax Policy Fellow at the US Treasury Department, Office of Tax Policy. During her tenure at Citi, Elena served on the Board of Directors of the Wall Street Tax Association.

Latham & Watkins

Elena Rubinov

Head of U.S. Infrastructure and Private Capital M&A, Partner

Linklaters LLP

Eleni Kouimelis

Winston Taylor

Eleni Zanias

Special Counsel, New York

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Eli Curi

Eli Curi represents emerging growth companies, venture capital funds, and private equity firms in technology, life sciences, and other growth industries. Eli leverages Latham’s global platform and his prior experience as a C-level executive at a venture-backed enterprise SaaS company that successfully exited in order to provide clients with advice on a full range of matters and transactions, including: Venture capital and private equity financings Mergers and acquisitions Formation and founder issues Strategic partnerships and bet-the-company technology and intellectual property issues IPOs Eli advises on a full spectrum of industries, including AI, SaaS, fintech, insurtech, life sciences and digital health, foodtech, and e-commerce. He also has particular experience representing Latin America tech companies and investors. He is a member of Latham’s Hispanic and Latin American Lawyers Group.

Latham & Watkins

Eli Katz

Eli Katz is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. He serves as Global Vice Chair of the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure Industry Group and is a member of the firm’s Tax Department and Project Development & Finance Practice. Over the past two decades, Eli has advised clients on some of the most notable transactions closed in the power and renewable energy sector. His clients include leading independent power producers, large financial institutions, and private equity, infrastructure, pension, and sovereign wealth funds. He primarily handles energy tax incentives, project development and financing, joint venture arrangements, capital raising and deployment structures, mergers and acquisitions, and leasing transactions both internationally and in the United States. Prior to joining Latham, Eli was vice president and tax counsel at GE Energy Financial Services.

Latham & Watkins

Eli Vonnegut

Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Elias B. Hinckley

Partner

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Elie Zolty

Elie Zolty is a tax partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Elie focuses his practice on the tax aspects of private equity funds, credit funds, real estate funds and hedge fund formation and investments, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and real estate joint ventures. In addition, Elie has significant experience in structuring GP-led secondary transactions, continuation funds and GP stakes transactions. Elie represents real estate sponsors in connection with operations, restructurings and workouts. He also advises pension, sovereign and endowment investors in respect to their private equity and real estate investments. A published author, Elie contributed to “United States Fundraising” in The Private Equity Review, published by Law Business Research.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Elina Coss

Partner

Mayer Brown

Elina Rakhlin

Associate

Pomerantz LLP

Eliot Adelson

Click here for attorney bio. Eliot Adelson is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Global Antitrust Litigation practice where he handles complex legal issues facing clients in jurisdictions around the world. He provides clients with creative strategies for resolving a broad range of disputes, including civil and criminal antitrust litigation and internal and government investigations. Eliot represents clients across a spectrum of industries, including auto parts, major media companies and TV station operators, banking and finance, communications, and software and technology, among others. Eliot has experience providing unique and complex advice across a range of matters, including internal investigations, civil and criminal cartel investigations, and litigation. Before joining Morrison Foerster, Eliot cultivated an international client base across industries and geographies over his 15-year tenure at another global law firm. Japanese companies look to him for his deep knowledge of antitrust matters. Eliot previously served as a Deputy District Attorney for Alameda County in California. He is on the board of the Contra Costa Senior Legal Services and is a member of the Executive Committee for the Antitrust & UCL Section of the California Lawyers Association. Representative Experience Murata Manufacturing. Represented Murata, a Japanese electric components manufacturer, in a putative class action alleging that certain electronics manufacturers conspired to fix the prices of inductors. Nexstar Media Group. Representing Nexstar in a putative class action alleging that certain television station owners conspired to fix the prices of local television advertising. Represented a major publicly traded REIT in a putative class action filed by renters alleging that multifamily property owners engaged in anticompetitive conduct to increase the price of leases across the United States. Represented a Japanese manufacturer in connection with the TFT-LCD and CRT price fixing cases. Arm Limited. Represented SoftBank Group and Arm Limited on complex antitrust and national security issues arising from NVIDIA’s proposed acquisition of Arm from SoftBank for $65 billion. TIBC. Represented Japanese company TIBC in response to an investigation of the semiconductor packaging industry. Former CEO of G4S Belgium. Representing the former CEO of G4S who has been indicted by the DOJ’s Antitrust Division related to allegations of a conspiracy to fix prices, rig bids, and allocate customers for certain contracts. Conducted an internal investigation for Kobe Steel related to alleged data falsification. Represented a group of defendant landowners in a price-fixing case alleging that the defendants fixed prices for land in Solano County. Represented a global pharmaceutical company in a price fixing and market allocation investigation. Tenneco. Represented Tenneco, a Fortune 500 automotive components manufacturer, in connection with DOJ and other enforcement agencies’ auto parts investigations. Represented several individual executives in the DOJ Antitrust Division’s auto parts investigation. Represented several individual executives in the DOJ Antitrust Division’s capacitor investigation. Toyota Industries Corp. Represented Japanese company Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) in connection with the DOJ’s second request concerning TICO’s acquisition of Cascade Corporation. Bain Capital. Represented Bain Capital, a leading multi-asset alternative investment firm, in connection with the DOJ’s second request concerning Big Tex Trailer’s acquisition of American Trailer Works

Morrison Foerster

Eliot Choy

Eliot Choy is counsel in the Corporate Department of the New York office of Latham & Watkins, where his practice focuses on technology-related transactions within the healthcare and life sciences industries. Eliot advises and counsels pharmaceutical and biotech companies on a range of complex commercial matters, including intellectual property licenses, commercial development and other strategic collaborations, and product divestitures and acquisitions. His extensive experience includes structuring and negotiating various types of agreements involving the transfer, use, and sharing of intellectual property, including agreements covering the research, development, licensing, supply, manufacturing, promotion, and marketing and distribution of pharmaceutical drug products. He also advises branded and generic pharmaceutical companies in the settlement of patent litigations and related commercial matters. In addition, Eliot has experience in advising private and publicly held companies in a variety of corporate transactions, including stock- and asset-based transactions, venture capital and strategic investments, and public and private securities offerings.

Latham & Watkins

Eliot D Raffkind

Eliot Raffkind represents investment managers, including advisors to domestic and offshore hedge funds and other private investment funds. He provides advice in connection with fund formations and portfolio investing activities. He assists clients with navigating changing legal and regulatory frameworks. He also assists in formulating innovative structures to accommodate evolving investment strategies and the impact of changing market terms. Eliot’s clients value his strong technical knowledge and his ability to factor in business realities when providing legal advice. He is a frequent speaker before investment fund trade groups on issues affecting the investment management industry. To learn more about Mr. Raffkind, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/eliot-d-raffkind.html

Akin

Eliot Pedrosa

Partner

Jones Day

Eliot Relles

Partner

Dechert

Eliot Robinson

Partner - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Eliot Turner

Norton Rose Fulbright

Eliot Williams

Partner Co-Practice Group Chair - PTAB Trials (Firmwide)

Baker Botts L.L.P.