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As the managing-member of the Moulton Law Group, Eli draws on over 25 years of corporate law experience. His practice spans the corporate spectrum, from start-up company matters to complex corporate transactions, and the wide range of business legal needs in between. Eli advises a diverse array of clients located across the country, including entrepreneurs, start-up companies, mature businesses and investors. A significant portion of Eli’s practice involves representing clients (both buyers and sellers), and working with investment bankers, brokers and/or private equity funds, on mergers and acquisitions. Using his finance and accounting background, Eli approaches every deal, from the complex multi-million-dollar private equity mergers, to small asset purchase transactions, from a practical business perspective to protect clients from real world risks. Eli’s deal-specific approach provides clients with efficient, professional and cost-effective representation. Another significant portion of Eli’s practice involves financing transactions of every stage and type, including commercial and project debt financings, venture capital and venture debt, angel/early-stage equity or near equity transactions, crowd-funding and community supported enterprises. Locally within Vermont, Eli has represented some of the area’s most prominent investor groups, including FreshTracks Capital and The Fund at Hula. Outside Vermont, Eli has worked as Gaingels’ primary legal counsel since its inception, helping them to invest over $600,000,000 into a portfolio of over 1,000 companies since 2019. Eli has been prominent in the “Slow Money” and “invest local” movements as well, being referred to as the “go-to guy” for creative financing in Amy Cortese’s book “Localvesting.” Working with regulators at the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, Eli has been instrumental in helping to update securities laws and regulations to facilitate raising capital, and was directly involved in advancements to the Vermont Small Business Offering exemption (VSBO) and SUN Exemption. In addition to Eli’s busy transactional practice, Eli serves as external general counsel to many clients, providing general corporate representation across a wide range of industries, including technology, medical device, food and beverage, consumer product, renewables, restaurant and hospitality, and manufacturing. In this capacity, Eli advises on the diverse needs of these businesses, including negotiating and reviewing commercial contracts, and employment and intellectual property matters. Eli started his legal career in 1997 in Boston, MA at Goodwin Proctor LLP. He then returned to Vermont and joined a prominent corporate law firm in Burlington, where he was a partner. In 2016, Eli co-founded the Moulton Law Group with Liz Metayer.
