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Elaine Taussig is a partner in Crowell’s Chicago office and a member of the firm’s Corporate Group. Elaine has extensive experience representing a broad array of clients, from publicly traded companies to startups, in public and private financing and US securities compliance, mergers and acquisitions, strategic relationships and joint ventures, and corporate and commercial transactions. She has served as general counsel of several companies in the news media and health care technology industries. She serves as a strategic advisor for her clients on complex commercial contracting matters and corporate governance issues. She also advises companies in a wide range of industries, including mining, resources and precious metals, financial services, health care, technology, and SaaS enterprises. Elaine received her BA, cum laude, from Barnard College and her JD from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Co-author of the United States - Market Insights and United States chapters in the Mining Law Guide , published 10 November 2026 , alongside John J. Koenigsknecht , David S. Stone , Ryan Flynn and Christian Lichtenberger .