Eli's practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions and emerging business/venture capital transactions from formation through exit. He also advises public and private companies in a wide variety of industries on various corporate matters (including formation, securities law compliance, and general corporate governance matters) and drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts (including in the areas of licensing, contract manufacturing agreements, distribution agreements, customer/vendor agreements, loan agreements, stockholder agreements, employment agreements, and consulting agreements).

Eli received his Bachelor of Science in psychology from Duke University with a minor in Biological Anthropology & Anatomy. Prior to attending law and business school, he worked for a global management consulting firm on projects for Fortune 100 companies. He received his J.D., cum laude, from Temple University Beasley School of Law and his MBA from Temple University Fox School of Business in 2014. While at Temple, Eli was a member of the Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review and received the Benjamin L. Winderman Award for outstanding academic achievement in the JD/MBA program.

Experience

News

31 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

June 11, 2024

Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only 5 percent of attorneys are named Super Lawyers; only 2.5 percent of attorneys are listed as Rising Stars.

42 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers & Rising Stars

May 24, 2023

Super Lawyers has selected 42 Cozen O'Connor attorneys to the 2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

Cozen O’Connor Advises Steinman Communications in Its Gift of LNP Media Group to WITF

May 01, 2023

Cozen O’Connor is representing Steinman Communications in its gift of LNP Media Group, based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to WITF. LNP Media Group publishes LNP, Lancaster County’s daily newspaper, as well as other weekly newspapers and owns Lancaster Online, the number one news site in Lancaster County. WITF owns the public television station WITF-TV (Channel 33) and public radio station WITF-FM (89.5).

Cozen O'Connor Promotes 28 Attorneys to Member

March 25, 2022

Cozen O'Connor promoted 28 attorneys to member in March.

Cozen O’Connor Wins Philadelphia VIP’s Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Award

October 13, 2021

Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that it has been selected as the winner of Philadelphia VIP’s Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Award.

More Than 205 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch By The Best Lawyers In America

August 19, 2021

Best Lawyers selected 210 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 23 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Cozen O’Connor Advises Utz Brands, Inc. on Definitive Agreement to Acquire Truco Enterprises

November 12, 2020

The Cozen O’Connor team is led by Larry P. Laubach. The team includes Richard J. Silpe, Gregory P. Cunningham, Eli S. Wolfe, Lindsey Stillwell, J. Trevor Cloak, Jay A. Dorsch, and Robert S. Kaplan.

200 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch By The Best Lawyers In America

August 20, 2020

Best Lawyers selected 200 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 23 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (Copyright 2020 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).

Cozen O’Connor Guides Utz Quality Foods in Business Combination Agreement with Collier Creek Holdings to Form Utz Brands, Inc.

June 10, 2020

Transaction Results in Utz Going Public After Nearly 100 Years as Family Business.

Education

  • Temple University—James E. Beasley School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2014
  • Temple University—Fox School of Business, M.B.A., 2014
  • Duke University, B.S., 2007

Awards & Honors

Rising Stars, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, 2023-2024
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  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey