Lawyer CV — page 1

Eleanor

Vance

COUNSEL

AT

LAW

CO NTACT

440

Montgomery

St

,

Ste

1800

San

Francisco

,

CA

94104

evance

@

vancelaw

.

com

(415) 555-0192

linkedin

.

com

/

in

/

evancelaw

EDUCAT IO N

University

of

California

,

Berkeley

Juris

Doctor

, 2014

Order

of

the

Coif

·

California

Law

Review

,

Senior

Editor

Yale

University

B

.

A

.

Political

Science

, 2010

Summa

Cum

Laude

·

Phi

Beta

Kappa

BAR

ADMISSIO NS

State

Bar

of

California

United

States

Court

of

Appeals

,

Ninth

Circuit

United

States

District

Court

,

Northern

District

of

California

LANG UAG ES

English

Native

Spanish

Fluent

French

Professional

CO RE

CO MPET ENCIES

Civil

Litigation

Expert

Corporate

Law

Expert

Counsel

at

Law

Accomplished

attorney

with

over

a

decade

of

experience

in

complex

civil

litigation

,

corporate

governance

,

and

strategic

transaction

structuring

.

Track

record

of

securing

favorable

outcomes

for

Fortune

500

clients

and

emerging

growth

companies

.

Recognized

for

rigorous

legal

analysis

,

clear

advocacy

,

and

a

client

-

first

approach

.

PROFES S IONAL

EXPERIENCE

Partner

—

Litigation

&

Corporate

,

Vance

+

Knight

LLP

,

San

Francisco

2019 –

Present

Senior

Associate

,

Heller

,

Quinn

&

Scharf

LLP

,

San

Francisco

2014 – 2019

Summer

Associate

,

Skadden

,

Arps

,

Slate

,

Meagher

&

Flom

LLP

,

New

York

Summer

2013

S ELECT ED

PUBLICAT IONS

&

S PEAKING

"

The

Shifting

Landscape

of

ESG

Litigation

:

Trends

and

Defenses

,"

Berkeley

Business

Law

Journal

,

Vol

. 21,

No

. 2 (2025).

Lead

counsel

in

commercial

disputes

exceeding

$

50

M

in

aggregate

value

;

achieved

summary

judgment

or

favorable

settlement

in

87%

of

cases

over

five

years

.

–

Advised

boards

of

directors

and

C

-

suites

on

fiduciary

duties

,

securities

compliance

,

M

&

A

due

diligence

,

and

risk

mitigation

across

40+

transactions

.

–

Negotiated

and

drafted

complex

cross

-

border

licensing

agreements

valued

at

$

120

M

+

for

technology

and

life

sciences

clients

.

–

Built

a

practice

group

that

grew

from

3

to

12

attorneys

,

contributing

to

a

34%

increase

in

firm

revenue

over

three

years

.

–

Managed

all

phases

of

civil

litigation

from

pleadings

through

trial

and

appeal

;

second

-

chaired

three

jury

trials

and

argued

successfully

before

the

Ninth

Circuit

.

–

Represented

Fortune

500

technology

and

financial

services

companies

in

securities

class

actions

,

breach

of

contract

claims

,

and

regulatory

investigations

.

–

Authored

dispositive

motions

,

appellate

briefs

,

and

amicus

curiae

submissions

;

obtained

dismissals

with

prejudice

in

5

of

7

motions

to

dismiss

filed

.

–

Mentored

a

team

of

4

junior

associates

and

6

summer

associates

,

designing

the

firm

'

s

litigation

training

curriculum

.

–

Supported

M

&

A

and

securities

litigation

practice

groups

on

cross

-

border

transactions

and

SEC

investigations

.

–

Drafted

memoranda

on

securities

fraud

pleading

standards

and

corporate

governance

best

practices

.

–

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Lawyer CV — page 2

Contract

NegotiationAdvanced

Mergers

&

Acquisitions

Advanced

Intellectual

Property

Proficient

"

Arbitration

Clauses

in

the

Age

of

AI

:

Enforceability

and

Drafting

Strategies

,"

panelist

,

ABA

Annual

Meeting

,

Chicago

(

August

2024).

"

Non

-

Compete

Agreements

After

the

FTC

Rule

:

What

Employers

Need

to

Know

,"

co

-

author

,

California

Lawyer

(

June

2024).

"

The

Attorney

-

Client

Privilege

in

Internal

Investigations

,"

Stanford

Journal

of

Law

,

Business

&

Finance

,

Vol

. 18,

No

. 1 (2023).

PROFES S IONAL

AFFILIAT IONS

&

RECOGNIT ION

Super

Lawyers

—

Northern

California

Rising

Star

(2018–2024)

California

Lawyers

Association

—

Executive

Committee

,

Litigation

Section

American

Bar

Association

—

Business

Law

Section

Bar

Association

of

San

Francisco

—

Board

of

Directors

(2022–2025)

Leadership

Council

on

Legal

Diversity

—

Fellow

, 2021

Pro

Bono

Achievement

Award

—

SF

Volunteer

Legal

Services

(2022, 2024)

S ELECT ED

REPRES ENTAT IONS

In

re

OmniTech

Securities

Litigation

Lead

defense

counsel

for

a

publicly

traded

software

company

in

a

consolidated

securities

class

action

;

obtained

dismissal

with

prejudice

following

a

motion

to

dismiss

based

on

lack

of

scienter

.

Saved

client

an

estimated

$

40

M

+

in

potential

liability

.

Acquisition

of

Helios

Biopharma

by

Pinnacle

Therapeutics

Advised

special

committee

on

fiduciary

duties

and

negotiated

transaction

documents

in

a

$

1.8

B

acquisition

.

Represented

target

company

through

regulatory

review

under

the

Hart

-

Scott

-

Rodino

Act

.

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