Elise focuses her practice on the investment management industry, providing transactional, regulatory and compliance advice to registered funds, business development companies and their investment advisers and boards. 

Elise’s practice extends to all aspects of registered fund and investment adviser operations, including initial design and structure of new investment products, formation and registration of funds and their advisers, reorganizations and mergers, shareholder proxies, and assistance with SEC no-action requests and exemptive relief.  

Drawing on her prior experience as in-house general counsel and chief compliance officer, Elise also assists funds and investment advisers on compliance and regulatory matters, developing and updating compliance policies and procedures and advising on regulatory issues.

Prior to joining Davis Polk, Elise was General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Tweedy, Browne Company.