Elizabeth Hodgson is the Vice Chair of the firm’s Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Practice Group and represents companies and their founders and investors in every stage of a company’s lifecycle from formation to exit. Liz works closely with clients to help them start, grow and sell businesses and advises on day to day matters to help align their business objectives with their legal needs. Her experience includes: choice of entity; corporate governance; corporate finance; private equity and venture capital transactions; securities offerings; commercial contract preparation and review; intellectual property protection, licensing, and commercialization; mergers and acquisitions; restrictions on foreign investment and acquisition of U.S. companies and the review process conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); and day-to-day general corporate matters.
Liz has vast experience working with companies and closely held businesses in the life sciences, biotechnology, technology, health care, software and information technology sectors, and is particularly passionate about working with female founders, investors, executives and entrepreneurs. She combines her legal skills and own entrepreneurial spirit to identify with and deliver for her clients.
Liz received a B.A. in English with a minor in Spanish from The Pennsylvania State University. She received a J.D. from The Pennsylvania State University, The Dickinson School of Law. While in law school, she was a member of The Woolsack Society and was Editor-in-Chief of the Penn State Law Review.
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Education
- The Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 2016
- The Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 2011
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Special Counsel, 2023-present - Fox Rothschild LLP
- Associate, 2016-2023
Professional Activities
Philadelphia Alliance for Capital & Technologies (PACT)
- Femtech Advisory Board
- PACT Digital Healthcare Advisory Board
- NexGen Leaders, Class of 2023ACG University Class of 2020
Graduate of the United Way’s Leadership Chester County Program, Class of 2018
Honors and Awards
Selected as a Top 25 Lawyer in Pennsylvania by Attorney Intel, 2024
Selected as a VISTA Today Millennial Superstar, 2023
Listed in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars
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Selected Speaking Engagements
Speaker, "The AI Revolution: Risks, Opportunities, and Getting Your Enterprise Ready for Generative AI," RSM and Bank of America Roundtable, October 19, 2023
Selected Publications
- Author, "A Primer on CFIUS for Medtech Startups," MD+DI & Qmed, November 7, 2024
- Co-author, "CFIUS 2023 Annual Report Reveals Record Number of Penalties; Proposed Rules Portend Increased Scrutiny of Transactions and Higher Penalties," Duane Morris Alert, August 5, 2024