Elliott M. Blufer
- M&A
- Emerging Companies and Venture Capital
- Technology and IP Transactions
ELLIOTT BLUFER is an associate in Sidley’s Los Angeles office and is a member of the Technology and IP Transactions, Emerging Companies and Venture Capital, and M&A practices. He also has experience working on global finance matters.
Prior to joining Sidley, Elliott was involved with the Post-Conviction Justice Project, where he advised and represented women serving indeterminate life sentences in parole proceedings before the California Board of Parole Hearings and advocated for inmates sentenced to life without parole while they were juveniles through seeking resentencing to parole-eligible life sentences in state court. Prior to law school, Elliott was a web developer at BuzzMaker, where he managed campaign operations for high-profile political candidates and organizations.
Elliott earned his J.D. from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, where he served on the Southern California Law Review and was a teaching assistant for Professor Daniel Klerman. He received his B.A., cum laude, in government and politics from the University of Maryland. Elliott participated in Sidley’s summer associate program in 2015.
Experience
- Representative Matters
Elliott has been a member of deal teams that advised:
- Salesforce in its $1.33 billion acquisition of Vlocity, Inc.
- Affinity Gaming, a portfolio company of Z Capital Partners, LLC, in the sale of its subsidiary that owns three casino properties in Black Hawk, Colorado, for an undisclosed amount.
- County of Los Angeles in the procurement of its next generation voting system, Voting Solutions for All People, through a series of commercial contracts valued at more than US$250 million in the aggregate.
- Siris Capital Group, LLC in the sale of its portfolio company, Polycom, Inc., to Plantronics, Inc. for a combination of stock and cash consideration valued at US$2 billion.
- Pandora Media, Inc., as borrower, in connection with a secured revolving credit facility of up to US$200 million with a syndicate of banks led by Wells Fargo Bank, as administrative agent.
- Asilomar Bio in its US$12.25 million Series B financing round, which was led by Syngenta Ventures with participation from ag retailer Wilbur-Ellis’s Cavallo Ventures, biotech VC firm Mission Bay Capital and follow-on investors from the company’s US$3 million Series A financing.
Capabilities
News & Insights
Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- U.S. District Court, C.D. of California
- California
Education
- University of Southern California Gould School of Law, J.D., 2016 (Southern California Law Review)
- University of Maryland, B.A., 2013 (cum laude)