Elaine Taussig
Overview
Elaine Taussig is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s Chicago office and a member of the firm’s Corporate Group. Elaine has extensive experience representing a broad array of clients—from startups and investors to public companies—in corporate and commercial transactions, public and private securities compliance and offerings, financings, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic relationships and joint ventures. She serves as a strategic advisor for her clients on complex commercial contracting matters and corporate governance issues. She also advises companies in a wide range of industries, including financial services, health care, technology, and SaaS enterprises.
Career & Education
- General Counsel, higi SH LLC, 2018-2021
- Senior Vice President – Legal, General Counsel and Secretary, Wrapports LLC, 2013-2017
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D.
- Barnard College, B.A.
- Illinois
Elaine's Insights
Firm News | 1 min read | 08.11.26
August 11, 2026: Crowell & Moring represented Vancouver-based Orla Mining Ltd. (TSX: OLA; NYSE American: ORLA) as lead U.S. deal counsel in the closing of its public company merger with Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX: EQX, NYSE American: EQX), creating a new North American senior gold producer with an implied market capitalization of approximately $18.5 billion at announcement.
Speaking Engagement | 04.16.26
"What to Expect When You’re Expecting Your First (or 100th) M&A Deal," Crowell & Moring Seminar, New York, NY
Firm News | 1 min read | 11.05.25
Speaking Engagement | 06.06.24
"63rd Annual Corporate Counsel Institute," Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Representative Matters
- Sandstorm Gold Ltd. in its agreement to acquire Nomad Royalty Company Ltd. under a plan of arrangement in a transaction valued at approximately $590 million.
- Orla Mining’s acquisition of Gold Standard in a transaction valued at $242 million.
- At the market equity program for a NYSE publicly traded foreign private issuer and related registration statement and prospectus.
- As in-house counsel of several companies, led multiple venture funded and strategic investor capital raising transactions, convertible and secured debt transactions and recapitalizations.
- As in-house counsel, led the acquisitions and dispositions of multiple publications and portfolio companies.
- Multiple bought deal financings for a variety of Canadian publicly-traded companies.
- Covanta Holding Corporation in its $2.0 billion acquisition of American Ref-fuel Holdings Corp. and financing through a $400 million public rights offering to preserve NOLs.
- Rights offering conducted by General Growth Properties, Inc. in connection with the $12.6 billion acquisition of The Rouse Company
Elaine's Insights
Firm News | 1 min read | 08.11.26
August 11, 2026: Crowell & Moring represented Vancouver-based Orla Mining Ltd. (TSX: OLA; NYSE American: ORLA) as lead U.S. deal counsel in the closing of its public company merger with Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX: EQX, NYSE American: EQX), creating a new North American senior gold producer with an implied market capitalization of approximately $18.5 billion at announcement.
Speaking Engagement | 04.16.26
"What to Expect When You’re Expecting Your First (or 100th) M&A Deal," Crowell & Moring Seminar, New York, NY
Firm News | 1 min read | 11.05.25
Speaking Engagement | 06.06.24
"63rd Annual Corporate Counsel Institute," Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Recognition
- Crain’s Chicago Business: Notable Women in Law, 2022
Elaine's Insights
Firm News | 1 min read | 08.11.26
August 11, 2026: Crowell & Moring represented Vancouver-based Orla Mining Ltd. (TSX: OLA; NYSE American: ORLA) as lead U.S. deal counsel in the closing of its public company merger with Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX: EQX, NYSE American: EQX), creating a new North American senior gold producer with an implied market capitalization of approximately $18.5 billion at announcement.
Speaking Engagement | 04.16.26
"What to Expect When You’re Expecting Your First (or 100th) M&A Deal," Crowell & Moring Seminar, New York, NY
Firm News | 1 min read | 11.05.25
Speaking Engagement | 06.06.24
"63rd Annual Corporate Counsel Institute," Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Insights
Speaking Engagement | 04.16.26
Speaking Engagement | 06.06.24
"What to Expect When You’re Expecting Your First (or 100th) M&A Deal," Crowell & Moring Seminar, New York, NY
|04.16.26
"63rd Annual Corporate Counsel Institute," Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
|06.06.24
Elaine's Insights
Firm News | 1 min read | 08.11.26
August 11, 2026: Crowell & Moring represented Vancouver-based Orla Mining Ltd. (TSX: OLA; NYSE American: ORLA) as lead U.S. deal counsel in the closing of its public company merger with Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX: EQX, NYSE American: EQX), creating a new North American senior gold producer with an implied market capitalization of approximately $18.5 billion at announcement.
Speaking Engagement | 04.16.26
"What to Expect When You’re Expecting Your First (or 100th) M&A Deal," Crowell & Moring Seminar, New York, NY
Firm News | 1 min read | 11.05.25
Speaking Engagement | 06.06.24
"63rd Annual Corporate Counsel Institute," Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
