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Eric E. Eisenberg

Eric E. Eisenberg

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About

Eric has been a transactional lawyer with DLA Piper for more than 20 years and his practice focuses on the representation of financial institutions in all aspects of secured and unsecured debt facilities.

Eric represents and advises a wide array of senior and subordinated lenders, including private credit funds and business development companies, in connection with single and multi-lender transactions involving venture debt, growth capital and middle market asset-based and cash flow lending transactions.

Bar admissionsDistrict of ColumbiaVirginia

EXPERIENCE

Representative Matters
  • Counsel to US public company in multiple acquisitions for its medical and measurement business segments
  • Counsel to sponsor of a private-equity funded acquisition of a controlling interest in a Hong Kong company operating luxury automobile dealerships throughout mainland China
  • Counsel to multiple mezzanine investment funds in their secured and unsecured financing transactions and related equity investments
  • Counsel to US public company in multiple consumer product acquisitions and business segment dispositions
  • Counsel to hospital system in establishing a public/private joint venture for the development of medical office facilities and acquisition of a cancer center
  • Counsel to leading global hospitality company in multiple transactions involving the purchase, sale, licensing and management of hotel portfolios to private and public investment funds
  • Counsel to the nation’s leading sleep diagnostic service provider in multiple acquisitions
  • Counsel to multiple private equity firms in the acquisition and related financing of their portfolio companies
Education
  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center 2001
    Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Articles/Notes Editor
    cum laude
  • B.A., University of Rochester 1994
    Phi Beta Kappa
    magna cum laude

Pro Bono

Eric also serves as the general counsel of the Capital Area Food Bank, a position he has held since 2005. Founded in 1980, the Capital Area Food Bank is the largest nonprofit hunger and nutrition education resource in the Washington, DC area. In 2008, the organization honored Eric with its Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Keeping the Dream Alive award, which is given annually to community leaders who, in the spirit of Dr. King, have shown greatness through service to others.

Civic and Charitable

Since 2019, Eric has served on the Board of Directors of the Capital Area Food Bank, a hunger relief nonprofit that serves the Washington, DC area. Eric served as the organization’s outside General Counsel from 2005 until 2019 when he joined the Board of Directors.

Memberships And Affiliations

  • American Bar Association, Business Law Section
  • Virginia State Bar Association

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