Elliott Werner
Associate
Areas of Focus
- Corporate
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate Governance
- Capital Solutions
- Special Situations
- Advises clients on a range of corporate matters.
Elliott advises clients on a range of corporate matters, including mergers & acquisitions (M&A), corporate governance and general corporate matters, and special situations and distressed corporate transactions.
Prior to joining Akin, Elliott was an associate in the M&A and financial regulatory groups at another global law firm in New York.
Elliott received a J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was recognized as a James Kent Scholar and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, a recipient of the Parker School Certificate for Achievement in International and Comparative Law, and a staff member of the Columbia Business Law Review. Elliott holds a B.A. summa cum laude in political science with a minor in finance from Yeshiva University.
- Advised Amber Energy Inc., an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management, in its proposed acquisition of PDV Holding Inc., the parent company of CITGO Petroleum Corporation, the Venezuelan-owned, U.S.-based refiner.
- Advised BradyPLUS, a leading provider of janitorial and sanitation products, in its merger with Imperial Dade, a leading distributor of foodservice packaging.
- Advised DNB Bank in its approximately $1.2 billion acquisition of Carnegie.
List includes matters worked on prior to joining Akin.
EducationJ.D., Columbia Law School, 2023
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Yeshiva University, summa cum laude, 2019
J.D., Columbia Law School, 2023
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Yeshiva University, summa cum laude, 2019
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