Ellen is the Managing Partner of the Las Vegas office and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. She is primarily responsible for the Corporate & Business Group in Nevada.

Ellen assists clients in a broad range of corporate and general business transactions. She represents public and privately-held companies, investment banks and private equity funds as Nevada counsel in public offerings, private financings, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and other sophisticated transactions involving both gaming and non-gaming clients. Ellen also provides advice on corporate governance and other matters to boards of directors and special committees of public and private companies. 

Ellen has been involved with debt and equity offerings involving such issuers as Wynn Resorts, Caesars Entertainment (formerly Harrah’s Entertainment), Hard Rock Hotel, Station Casinos, AutoZone, Reddy Ice Group, Dole Food Company and Interactive Network/FriendFinder Networks. She has also represented gaming and non-gaming borrowers and guarantors, as well as lenders, in Nevada in credit facilities involving those entities listed above as well as Petroleum Development Corporation, Herbalife International, PaperlinX North America, Landry’s Restaurants, M Resorts/Bank of Scotland and Cott Corporation. 

Ellen's M&A experience includes transactions involving Southwest Airlines/Air Tran, Tenet Healthcare/Community Health Systems, IBM Corporation/Trirega, Inc., Sierra Health/United Healthcare, Harrah’s Entertainment/Planet Hollywood, Ruffin Acquisitions/Treasure Island, Fertitta Colony/Station Casinos, Apollo-TPG/Harrah’s Entertainment and Global Cash Access/Western Money Systems.