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Provided by Elisa Erlenbach Maas

USA

Practice Areas

  • Limited Liability Company & Partnership Advisory
  • Structured Finance
  • Career

    Known for her “extremely deep level of knowledge and experience” (Chambers USA), Elisa Maas is chair of the firm’s Business Department. Elisa advises clients on the strategic use of Delaware entities to achieve their business goals, providing counsel and legal opinions on matters involving Delaware limited partnerships, general partnerships, and limited liability companies. Praising her “excellent work product,” clients report that Elisa is “extremely responsive” and provides advice that “is commercial and clear…. She is great” (Chambers USA).

    Elisa regularly handles transactions involving some of the world’s largest banking institutions, Fortune 500 companies, and billion-dollar private equity funds. Her practice includes advising clients on investment fund, joint venture, structured finance, preferred securities, and cross-border transactions.

    Elisa also provides counsel with regard to formation, governance, operations, mergers and acquisitions, conversions, divisions, and dissolutions of Delaware partnerships and LLCs. She is a frequent speaker and panelist on issues concerning these Delaware entities.

    Professional Memberships

    • American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education, Corporate Law/Entities Advisory Panel
    • American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Limited Partnerships and Unincorporated Entities Committee, Model Series LLC Agreement Drafting Subcommittee Co-Chair
    • Publications

      • “Limited Liability Company Agreement for a Delaware Limited Liability Company with Protected Series,” The Business Lawyer, Fall 2019
      • ”Eliminating Fiduciary Duty Uncertainty: The Benefits of Effectively Modifying Fiduciary Duties in Delaware LLC Agreements,” Business Law Today, February 2013
      • Education

        Cornell Law School

        J.D.

        1999

        University of Wisconsin-Madison

        B.A.

        1996

        Awards

      • Chambers USA
      • The Best Lawyers in America, including Wilmington, DE Lawyer of the Year
      • Delaware Today Top Lawyer
      • The International Who's Who of Private Funds Lawyers
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        • Delaware, 1999
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