Ellisa O. Habbart Among Who’s Who of International Corporate Governance Lawyers
Posted : August 1st, 2011Ellisa Opstbaum Habbart, a founding partner of the Delaware Counsel Group LLP, has been listed in The International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers, published by Who’s Who Legal. She is one of only 20 private-practice lawyers in Delaware to gain a spot on the selective list, and among these Delaware practitioners, she is the only woman.
The official research partner of the International Bar Association and a strategic research partner of the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law, Who’s Who Legal has been identifying the foremost legal practitioners in 31 areas of business law since 1996. Its lists feature over 10,000 of the world’s leading private practice lawyers in over 100 countries.
Who’s Who Legal prides itself on the integrity and authority of it findings. It is impossible to buy entry into a Who’s Who Legal publication. Nominees are selected based upon comprehensive, independent survey work with both general counsel and private practice lawyers worldwide. Only specialists who have met independent international research criteria are listed.
Ms. Habbart’s years of experience and high level of practice earned her a place on the Who’s Who corporate governance list. She founded The Delaware Counsel Group with a partner in 2004 to exclusively represent Delaware corporations and Delaware alternative entities in national and international business transactions. The Delaware Counsel Group’s clients range from U.S. and international law firms to businesses such as Accenture Inc., Sun Trust Delaware Trust Co. and Capmark Financial Group Inc.
Rated “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell, Ms. Habbart is also ranked as one of “America’s Leading Business Lawyers” in Delaware corporate and mergers and acquisitions law by Chambers USA, which describes her as “bright and business like with a dynamic presence in front of a room of people.”
Prior to founding The Delaware Counsel Group, Ms. Habbart was with Prickett Jones & Elliott in Wilmington, Del., where she was an associate from 1988 to 1993 and partner from 1993 to 1999. Ms. Habbart also served as the partner in charge of the Delaware office of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young from 1999 to 2004. She has a juris doctor degree from Villanova University School of Law, a bachelor of business administration degree from Temple University, and a master’s degree in taxation from Drexel University.
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