Ellen Goff is a member of the Finance & Transactions group, advising financial institutions, corporate borrowers, and private equity clients on complex domestic and cross-border transactions.
She guides clients through a wide variety of transactions, including acquisition, leveraged, asset-based, cash flow and other financings, drafting and negotiating credit agreements, security agreements, inter-creditor agreements, and other transactional documents.
Ellen also counsels clients on corporate governance, fund formation, business structuring, and restructuring, delivering practical, business-focused solutions that align legal strategy with clients’ financial and operational objectives.
Experience
- Represented administrative agent in negotiating and drafting a $90,000,000 syndicated secured credit facility with foreign lenders to finance an acquisition
- Represented a private equity sponsor in negotiating and drafting a $75,000,000 credit facility in connection with its acquisition of a target corporation
- Represented private placement note purchasers in connection with the purchase of $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes issued by a corporate borrower in the healthcare industry
- Represented a bank lender in negotiating and drafting a $700,000,000 unsecured syndicated credit facility to public corporate borrower
- Represented a private equity sponsor in negotiating and drafting a healthcare financing credit facility, consisting of a senior facility and a senior subordinated note purchase agreement with lender and existing investors
- Represented a bank lender in negotiating and drafting a $35,000,000 ABL facility
Credentials
Education
- University of Chicago Law School, J.D., academic honors & pro bono honors, 2021
- Northwestern University, B.A., 2017
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 2021
Insights & Events
Deals & Transactions
Vedder Price Represents EquipmentShare.com Inc in $2.75 Billion ABL Financing
December 9, 2025
Deals & Transactions
Vedder Price Represents U.S. Bank National Association in $700 Million Loan to Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
November 25, 2024
Deals & Transactions
Vedder Price Represents JohnsByrne in sale to GHK Capital Partners
October 10, 2023
