Ellen Ehrenpreis is a knowledgeable lawyer with over 20 years of experience working with emerging tech companies and investors. She is recognized for her comprehensive, strategic, and business-driven approach to advising startups, mature private companies, and public enterprises. Ellen is passionate about companies that make a positive impact in the world and has worked with firms in the hardware, software, SAAS, biotech/biopharma, media, and data analytics fields, among others. Her areas of expertise include formation, venture financings, governance, M&A transactions, corporate and securities matters, commercial transactions, and litigation strategy. Ellen holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and currently works as a Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. She is also a former CEO of the World Energy Innovation Forum and a former Founding Partner at Edgewood Law Partners.