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With clients ranging from small start-up ventures to public companies, Eli acts as outside general legal counsel, providing expert advice on business issues such as intellectual property protection; employment and consulting relationships; equity incentive compensation; property leases; distribution, customer and supplier relationships; etc. Private equity transactions comprise a large portion of Eli's practice - from multi-million dollar venture capital and mezzanine rounds to early-stage angel and family and friend offerings. He also has substantial experience structuring, negotiating and closing M&A transactions, including public company mergers as well as small private asset acquisitions. Eli has taught several continuing legal education classes, among them: "Choice of Legal Entity," "Representing the Small Business in Vermont" and "Mergers and Acquisitions." He is a founding board member of the Green Mountain Adventure Racing Association, the Burlington Referral Organization and an active member of the board of the Sara Holbrook Community Center.Eli began his professional career with Goodwin Proctor, LLP, in Boston, Massachusetts, where he specialized in public and private equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, banking and corporate finance. Prior to moving to Boston, Eli spent time in Auckland, New Zealand with Russell McVeagh McKenzie Bartleet & Co., where he worked as an associate in the tax and real estate practice group. Eli graduated with honors, magna cum laude, from the University of Colorado Business School, with a double major in accounting and finance. He received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Virginia Tax Review. He is currently a member of the Massachusetts and Vermont bars. Outside the office, Eli enjoys golf, adventure racing, camping, skiing, wood working and home brewing. | 