Elise specializes in representing companies, officers, and directors in shareholder disputes, internal and regulatory investigations, and business litigation.

Elise defends clients in complex, high-stakes shareholder litigation. Her experience includes deal litigation in the Court of Chancery, as well as the entire spectrum of shareholder litigation, including securities class actions, derivative actions, and books and records actions in federal and state courts. Elise has focused on increasing binding state court precedent, for example by litigating the validity of federal forum selection clauses in corporate charters and bylaws.

Before joining Freshfields, Elise was an associate in the Silicon Valley office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. During law school, she served as a submissions editor for the Columbia Journal of Race & Law and has worked to promote diversity and representation in the legal profession by mentoring law students and junior attorneys.

Elise is also devoted to providing pro bono legal counsel to clients from underserved communities. She has successfully advocated on behalf of asylum seekers, conservatorship petitioners, and victims of unfair and deceptive consumer practices.