Elaine C. Tapp

• Counsel to The Carlyle Group in its investment in NEOGOV.
• Counsel to a global solutions provider to participants in the overall automotive ecosystem in a variety of transactions, including the sale of its joint venture interest in a company providing fleet management solutions and the sale of an international provider of dealer management systems.
• Counsel to a leading manufacturer of paper and building products in the carveout and sale of its nonwovens business.
• Counsel to Ridgemont Equity Partners in a variety of transactions, including its acquisition of the HealthMark Group, OTech Group, and Certified Training Institute.
• Counsel to Zingle in its sale to Medallia.
• Counsel to Madison Dearborn Partners LLC and its portfolio company AEVEX Aerospace in the acquisition of Geodetics.
• Counsel to Mastodon Design LLC in its sale to CACI International Inc.
• Counsel to Tropical Smoothie Café in its sale to Levine Leichtman Capital Partners.
• Counsel to N3, LLC in its sale to Accenture.
• Counsel to American Proteins in the $850 million sale of its poultry rendering and blending assets to Tyson Foods.

Elaine Tapp represents public and private companies and financial sponsors in a broad range of complex corporate and transactional matters, including acquisitions, divestitures, carveouts, and joint ventures, corporate financings, corporate governance, and other general corporate matters.

Elaine was previously an associate in the New York offices of two leading international law firms, a research specialist at the SEC’s Division of Investment Management, and a financial analyst at a leading private equity and venture capital firm in Silicon Valley and Hong Kong.

Elaine has been recognized for her M&A expertise in The Best Lawyers in America^©. She serves on the board of directors of the Atlanta Classical Academy.

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)

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