Elaine C. Tapp

• Represented Madison Dearborn Partners LLC and its portfolio company AEVEX Aerospace in the acquisition of Geodetics Inc.
• Represented Mastodon Design LLC in its sale to CACI International Inc. Mastodon is a leader in the rapid design and manufacturing of rugged signals intelligence (SIGINT), electronic warfare, and cyber operations products and solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense.
• Represented Tropical Smoothie Café in its sale to Levine Leichtman Capital Partners.
• Represented N3, LLC, a business-to-business sales firm that combines specialized talent with artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities, in its sale to Accenture.
• Represented American Proteins in the sale of its poultry rendering and blending assets to Tyson Foods for $850 million.
• Represented LHC Group Inc. in its $2.4 billion merger with Almost Family Inc.
• Represented Memorial Health University Medical Center in its $700+ million sale transaction with Hospital Corporation of America (HCA).
• Advised P2P Staffing Corporation in the sale of its MedPartners HIM division to AMN Healthcare Services for approximately $200 million.
• Counsel to venture capital and private equity firms in investments into portfolio companies and other matters.

Elaine Tapp is a senior associate with Alston & Bird’s Corporate & Business Transactions Group. Elaine represents public and private companies and private equity funds in a broad range of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate finance, outsourcing, and general corporate matters.

Before joining Alston & Bird, Elaine was an associate in the New York office of two leading international law firms, a research specialist at the SEC’s Division of Investment Management and an analyst at a leading Asia-focused private equity and venture capital firm in Silicon Valley and Hong Kong.

Elaine is recognized in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^© “Ones to Watch” in the Mergers & Acquisitions Law category. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her B.A. in international relations from Stanford University, where she graduated with honors and distinction and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

Languages

• Korean
• French
• Italian

Bar Admissions

• New York
• Georgia

Education

• Harvard University (J.D., 2012)
• Stanford University (B.A., 2007)