Elise M. Edwards

Elise Edwards primarily provides corporate and regulatory counsel with respect to all types and sizes of business transactions and compliance matters in the healthcare, life sciences, and professional design industries. Elise assists clients in navigating and achieving efficient and effective solutions in an array of matters ranging from day-to-day operations, including the operation and licensure of any professional business in any state across the United States, to large scale M&A transactions. 

In the healthcare industry, Elise counsels hospitals of all sizes, physicians and physician group practices, health plans, and start-ups. In the architecture and engineering industries, Elise works with both US-domestic based firms looking to operate across the United States and large, international firms looking to enter into and operate within the United States. In addition to regulatory guidance across these various professional industries, Elise frequently handles mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance transactions, insurance regulation, intellectual property and information technology matters, corporate reorganizations, professional employment agreements, and HIPAA compliance matters. 

Elise also frequently counsels not-for-profit organizations and assists with not-for-profit formation, IRS tax-exemption applications, and related ongoing compliance matters. She focuses on ensuring that not-for-profit organizations adopt and maintain compliant policies and procedures, as well as assisting with compliant transaction structures. Elise also provides trainings for not-for-profit Directors as to requirements and best practices for members of a Board of Directors.