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Eli Albrecht, Partner, Transactions & Delaware Governance, Iron Ark PLLC

Iron Ark PLLC

Eli Albrecht

Partner · Transactions & Delaware Governance

The deal-side partner behind Iron Ark’s litigation – how the deal was built, what the corporate record shows, and the Delaware-law questions that settle post-closing fights.

Practice

Boards, buyers, sellers, and sponsors rely on Eli for the M&A and corporate side of the firm’s litigation – Delaware fiduciary-duty questions, deal-structure choices that drive post-closing exposure, and the corporate record that turns into the trial record when a deal goes wrong.

Before founding Albrecht Law, Eli practiced M&A at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and DLA Piper, and he has since closed hundreds of transactions representing billions in aggregate deal value, for private equity funds, independent sponsors, family offices, searchers, and buyers and sellers of businesses. That experience comes straight into the case: Eli has negotiated these exact provisions, on these kinds of deals, across the table from many of the sponsors and firms that later appear in post-closing disputes.

Eli is also Managing Partner of Albrecht Law, a separate firm that handles complex transactions for a fixed fee, with broken-deal forgiveness. He runs its M&A practice, which covers everything from small-business sales to middle-market private equity deals, for buyers and sellers alike.

Eli’s earlier career included service in the IDF special forces.

Results & recognition

i.

Hundreds of M&A transactions closed.

ii.

Billions of dollars in aggregate transaction value.

Press & podcasts

The Wall Street Journal · “This Shortcut to Private-Equity Riches Is Minting Young Millionaires” Read →
Drinks With The Deal · The Deal, Nov. 17, 2023 Listen →
Above the Law · “After Billing Endlessly for Years, Associate Turns Down Biglaw Partnership to Focus on Work-Life Balance,” Jun. 7, 2023 Read →
How I Lawyer · with Jonah Perlin, Oct. 28, 2022 Listen →
B.S.: Beyond Stereotypes · Major, Lindsey & Africa, Aug. 16, 2022 Listen →
Tenaciously Human Leaders · Aug. 11, 2022 Listen →
The Wall Street Journal · “Working Parents Are Having a Rough Summer. Some Co-Workers Don’t Want to Hear About It.,” Jul. 7, 2022 Read →

Credentials

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.
  • Johns Hopkins University, B.S., Business, with high honors

Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland

Eli is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Maryland.

Eli is also Managing Partner of Albrecht Law, a separate law firm.

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