Calfee, Halter & Griswold hired Ellen G. Dorsten within its corporate and finance practice group as a partner. Dorsten will work from the firm’s Columbus, Ohio office and assist clients with their commercial lending needs across the U.S. and globally.
An experienced corporate finance attorney, Dorsten has led complex, innovative engagements across diverse sectors ranging from fintech and telecommunications to hospitality and apparel. She has experience with a variety of capital arrangements and transaction structures including cross-border facilities, acquisition and project financings, workouts and restructurings, private placement offerings, structured finance and securitizations.
Dorsten has handled substantial financing matters for regional, super-regional and national banks as well as non-bank and direct lenders, public companies and private equity sponsors in transactions totaling over $15 billion.
Prior to joining Calfee, Dorsten was a financial markets attorney with an international law firm and held in-house counsel roles at a multinational bank and a venture-backed financial technology start-up. Dorsten earned her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and graduated summa cum laude from The Ohio State University with a B.A. in Political Science.
“I’m thrilled to be joining a stellar team of attorneys at Calfee with decades of experience in commercial lending, and I look forward to providing our clients market-leading representation in their financing transactions,” Dorsten said.
“Ellen is a phenomenal addition to our Finance practice, and we could not be more excited to have her as part of the Calfee team. Her vast experience and excellent client service will allow us to even better service our corporate and financial institution clients,” Ann Z. Seger, partner and vice chair of Calfee’s corporate and finance group, said.
“We are thrilled to have Ellen join our strong team of corporate lawyers in Calfee’s Columbus office,” Leah Pappas Porner, partner-in-charge of Calfee’s Columbus office and chair of the firm’s government relations and legislation practice, said. “Ellen brings a somewhat unique perspective, having worked at a multinational law firm as well as in-house legal counsel on the business side. As one of the fastest-growing regions in the U.S., Central Ohio’s business and financial sectors are booming, and Ellen’s expertise will be invaluable to both corporate and banking clients looking for experienced and practical corporate finance legal counsel.”
