Elliot H. Lutzker is a partner in the Corporate Department and co-chair of Phillips Nizer LLP’s securities practice.  His practice has covered a very wide spectrum of  corporate law, securities regulation, finance, and mergers and acquisitions.  He is involved in domestic private investment fund formations, such as stand-alone funds and U.S. feeder funds and fund transactions.  He has also represented numerous broker-dealers, underwriters, placement agents, and venture capitalists throughout the United States.

Throughout his 30 years of practicing law in New York City, Mr. Lutzker has represented a broad range of companies, from start-ups, as a founding provider of legal services at a high technology incubator, to large publicly held companies listed on the national securities exchanges.  Not one to shy away from challenges which had no precedent, Mr. Lutzker’s notable representations have included the first life settlement company to register its shares with the SEC and the first Irish company to list its shares with NASDAQ.  He values a “hands on” relationship with all clients and will provide guidance through the most difficult transactions.  Mr. Lutzker’s experience also includes the handling of non-criminal enforcement matters with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). 

Mr. Lutzker is admitted to practice law in the states of New York and Florida, and before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Prior to joining Phillips Nizer LLP in 2006, Mr. Lutzker was counsel with the New York City office of Robinson & Cole, and for 19 years prior thereto, he was a partner and member of the executive committee of Snow Becker Krauss P.C.  In 1978, he started his legal career as an attorney with the Division of Enforcement of the New York Regional Office of the SEC.

Mr. Lutzker is a member of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Securities Regulation and the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association.  He earned his Bachelors degree in economics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and his J.D., cum laude, from New York Law School.

Professional Memberships:

• New York State Bar Association (Committee on Securities Regulation)
• American Bar Association (Business Law Section)
• Florida Bar Association