Elysse M. Anderson

Professional Experience

Elysse M. Anderson, Esq. is an Associate in the Firm’s Corporate & Securities Practice Group. Elysse concentrates her practice on a broad range of corporate and transactional matters, including corporate governance, business formation and structuring, and general corporate advisory work.

Elysse advises clients in a range of industries, including insurance, retail, technology, software, and EV infrastructure, on both M&A and governance matters; and she supports transactions from diligence through closing. She drafts and negotiates NDAs, subscription agreements, operating agreements, leases, and contracts of sale for commercial and residential clients. She also advises on employment, separation, consulting, and independent-contractor agreements. Elysse regularly works with the Firm’s tax, labor and employment, real estate, and trusts and estates teams to give clients integrated, commercially practical solutions.

Elysse previously interned with the Prince William County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office during the summer of 2019 and the Loudoun County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office during the summer of 2020, where she gained experience in criminal prosecution and trial preparation. She later joined FRB as an intern during the summer of 2023 until the spring of 2025, working closely with attorneys in the Corporate & Securities Practice Group. Post-grad, Elysse continues to work with the Corporate & Securities team, while also assisting the Real Estate and Taxation Practice Groups.

Elysse earned her J.D. from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University in 2025. At Hofstra she served as a Staff Editor and later Notes Editor of the Family Court Review, received a Merit Scholarship, and was named to the Dean’s List. She received her B.S. in Corporate Finance, cum laude, from Virginia Tech in 2022. While there, she was a Business Law Teaching Assistant. Elysse is the author of “Allocations of Property with Built-In Gain Under Section 704(c),” published in Practical Tax Strategies (February 2026). She also wrote a note on financial protections for influencer children, published in the Family Court Review (June 2025). She is admitted to practice in New York.