Practice:
Bar Admissions:
Massachusetts
Experience:
Mr. Ellis' practice is focused primarily on assisting domestic and international clients in connection with early and late-stage private equity and venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, securities law, licensing, asset sales and purchases, private placements and general corporate matters. Prior to joining Burns & Levinson, Mr. Ellis was an associate in the business law department of a prominent Boston law firm.
Memberships:
- Boston Bar Association
- British American Business Council of New England
Additional Information:
- Following his first year of law school, Mr. Ellis studied international commercial contract and European Union law at the Law College of England and Wales in London, England.
- Prior to law school, Mr. Ellis was a consultant serving the banking and financial services industry.
Education:
- J.D., magna cum laude, Boston College Law School, May 2001
- A.B.,cum laude, Vassar College, 1992
Recent Articles and Publications:
SEC Approves Proposed Changes to NYSE Corporate Governance Requirements
Securities Law Update, December 2009
SEC Proposes Amendments to Notice and Access Requirements Under E-Proxy Rules
Securities Law Update, October 2009
NYSE Proposes Changes to Corporate Governance Requirements
Securities Law Update, September 2009
Stock Market Delisting and Its Consequences
2001
Matthew Dallett and Donald Ellis' article was included in program materials for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s Annual Business and Securities Law Conference.