Dean Elazab
Attorney at Law
Texas
TX, NY
"Dean was fantastic. Super fast and communicative!"
About
Dean has extensive knowledge in the everyday… read more needs of his clients. This includes commercial contracts, employee documents, and option grants.
Admitted in New York and Texas.
The University of Texas School of Law (J.D.)
Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business (B.A.)
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Practice Areas
Client Reviews
"Dean was fantastic. Super fast and communicative!"
"Great job very skilled and experienced, he was very helpful especially since it was my first time doing a contract."
"Dean demonstrated an in-depth understanding of the legal intricacies involved in setting up a business. His expertise, attention to detail, and dedication made the entire process seamless and stress-free. He brought up topics we would never have thought to discuss that made us even more confident moving forward."
"Dean is responsive, knowledgeable, and an amazing quarterback. Even on the sell side, he leads the deal and takes charge to make sure the deal is done smoothly."
Work History
Elazab Legal PLLC
Partner
Mar 2024 - Present
Equity and Debt Financings: Represent companies in private equity financings through both debt and equity. Drafted, reviewed,
and negotiated NVCA preferred stock purchases, common stock purchases, preferred unit purchases, SAFEs, Convertible Notes
and secured debt transaction documents. Extensive experience negotiating and drafting debt financing instruments from the debtor
side, including filings
Egan Nelson LLP
Associate
Feb 2021 - Mar 2024
Equity and Debt Financings: Represent companies in private equity financings through both debt and equity. Drafted, reviewed,
and negotiated NVCA preferred stock purchases, common stock purchases, preferred unit purchases, SAFEs, Convertible Notes
and secured debt transaction documents. Extensive experience negotiating and drafting debt financing instruments from the debtor
side, including filings
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Associate
Nov 2019 - Feb 2021
Mergers and Acquisitions: Represent banks in connection with all aspects of public and private company transactional practice,
focusing on mergers and acquisitions and regulatory compliance including banking charters, and federal consent orders.
● Fintech: Represent companies in regulatory and legal framework for financial applications.
Latham & Watkins
Associate
Oct 2016 - Oct 2019
Capital Markets: Represent initial purchasers in high-yield bond offerings: draft, and negotiate all collateral documents, offering
memoranda, indentures and purchase and sale agreements. Represented issuers in drafting Forms S-1, F-1 for initial public
offerings and on Form S-3 for takedown shelf offerings; prepared periodic reports for public companies and their officers;
negotiated underwriting