Provides ongoing advice and full support to private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies.
Handles buy- and sell-side transactions for strategic and financial clients.
Serves as corporate counsel on financial restructurings and workouts.
Represents clients in certain government grants transactions and related matters.

Eli represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on a broad array of corporate transactions, including mergers & acquisitions (M&A), leveraged buyouts, minority and growth investments and joint ventures (JVs). Eli routinely provides strategic advice on these types of high-stakes transactions and related banking and securities law matters for public and private companies.

His practice encompasses a variety of sophisticated matters, including:

Complex transactional structuring, including in non-U.S. jurisdictions.
Corporate advice on financial restructuring and bankruptcy deals, including distressed asset and special situations transactions.

Eli also advises on transactions involving government contracts and grants, including as related to the CHIPS Act.

In addition, Eli provides clients with general corporate and securities law advice, including post-closing transaction matters such as working capital disputes or other price adjustments.

Representative Work

Representation of a private equity sponsor in a leveraged acquisition of a Chicago-based restaurant chain and online food retailer.
Representation of a private equity sponsor in a leveraged acquisition of a regional automotive services company.
Representation of a private equity sponsor and its portfolio companies in serial acquisitions of numerous middle-market waste collection and processing companies.
Representation of Diamondback Energy, a publicly traded oil and natural gas company, in its all-stock acquisition of QEP Resources.
Representation of a non-practicing entity (NPE) in the acquisition of the patent portfolio of BlackBerry Ltd.
Representation of creditors committees in corporate aspects of bankruptcy proceedings and related matters for a number of opioid-related bankruptcies.
Representation of Valiant Integrated Services, a government contractor, in its leveraged carveout acquisition of Cubic Corporation’s Cubic Global Defense Services.
Representation of Affinion Group, a provider of customer engagement, loyalty and membership solutions, in its carveout disposition of its insurance division.
Representation of Neenah Enterprises, a foundry company, in its disposition to Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company.