Elke A. Hofmann, Esq.

Business Description

Elke A Hofmann Law, PLLC, is dedicated to providing legal advice to clients in the hospitality and beverage industries. The Firm counsels entrepreneurs and established clients in a range of corporate governance matters and in commercial business transactions. The Firm also represents businesses that make, distribute, or sell alcoholic beverages in matters relating to alcoholic beverage control law. Below is representative list of the Firm’s services. Corporate Governance: • Forming a corporation, limited liability company (LLC) or partnership • Drafting shareholders or limited liability company operating agreements • Ongoing corporate governance (recording meeting minutes, corporate resolutions) Commercial Transactions: • Commercial Lease negotiations • Legal documentation for financing transactions (structuring investment term sheets and investment documents) • Employment and consulting agreements Alcoholic Beverage Control: • Obtaining licenses from the New York State Liquor Authority retailers, distributors and manufacturers of alcoholic beverages • Navigating the Community Board process • Obtaining permits from the Federal Alcohol Tax and Trade (TTB) • Advice on compliance with alcoholic beverage control laws

Bio

Elke has been working with start-up and emerging growth businesses since she started her legal career in 1998 as an associate in the Business and Finance section of the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in Philadelphia. In 2000, she came to New York City to work as the In-House Counsel of an internet incubator that focused on launching new ventures, and where she handled all of the legal issues for the start-up companies in the portfolio – from contracts to fundraising. From 2003 until 2005, she was an associate attorney with Shalov Stone & Bonner LLP, a boutique law firm specializing in securities and consumer fraud class action lawsuits. She launched a solo practice because she missed the opportunity to work with small businesses. One of her first clients was a wine store, and she successfully challenged the New York State Liquor Authority’s disapproval of the store. Since then, she has focused her practice on providing legal advice to businesses in the food and beverage industry.

Bar Admissions

• New York, 2002
• Pennsylvania, 1998
• California, 1997
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

• University of California, Hastings College of Law, J.D., 1997
• Georgetown University Law Center (Visiting Student, Fall 1996)
• University of California, Davis, B.A., 1993

• New York City Bar Association
• New York State Restaurant Association
• New York City Hospitality Group, Founding Member
• New York State Craft Brewers Association