Erin L. Stafford
Partner
305-350-2439
estafford@bilzin.com
Area of Focus:
Corporate
Erin L. Stafford
Partner
305-350-2439
GET TO KNOW
ERIN
Erin represents publicly traded and privately held companies in connection with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, minority investments, leveraged buyouts, corporate restructurings, joint ventures and other complex corporate transactions. She counsels clients on both the buy and sell side of transactions and throughout all stages of their life cycles. Erin advises clients across multiple industries, including technology, life sciences, financial institutions and consumer.
Q & A
What attracted you to corporate law?
I have always enjoyed the advisory capacity of being a corporate attorney. On each transaction that I work on, I counsel my client on both the technical legal aspects of the transaction as well as big picture business considerations. I think that this pragmatic approach is the future of practicing corporate law. Clients are increasingly looking past lawyers with just legal expertise to ones that also have business acumen and can provide practical guidance.
What do you most enjoy about working at Bilzin Sumberg?
Bilzin Sumberg's reputation as trusted counselors who are intimately familiar with their clients' businesses and industries is unrivaled in the wider Miami legal community. This dovetails perfectly with my dedication to serving both the legal and business needs of my clients. I also value the firm's operational model. It is large enough to have all of the resources needed to provide exceptional service to our clients, while lean enough to still feel like a close-knit family. The firm also strongly encourages cross-collaboration across its practice groups, resulting in synergies for the client while building rewarding working relationships across teams.
EXPERIENCE
Representation of a publicly traded, leading provider of residential solar, battery, and energy services, on its agreement to acquire an American solar energy company in an all-stock transaction for an enterprise value of $3.2 billion.
Representation of a publicly traded education technology company on its agreement to sell to a private equity firm. The transaction valued the company at approximately $2 billion.
Representation of a provider of information technology and enterprise technology services in the sale of all of the capital stock of its subsidiary, which provides cloud-based cyber defense platforms.
Representation of the joint-venture partnership of Fox Ridge Capital, TKF Real Estate Investment and Jax Capital Investments in the $50 million acquisition of a three-building office campus in Hollywood, Florida. The 16-acre Venture Corporate Center campus totals over 250,000 square feet of office s...
Representation of client in a $78 million sale of a privately-heldwholesale supply business that specializes in the distribution of replacement OEM and aftermarketkeyless entry remotes, keys, and hardware to a portfolio company of a private equity firm.
Representation of a rapid assay diagnostics company in its acquisition of another rapid assay diagnostics company. The complex transaction involved a stock-for-stock merger and capital raise of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, and included counsel on corporate governance, employment agreements,...
INSIGHTS
David M. Seifer and Erin L. Stafford speak on the panelDon’t Get Chomped! Mitigating Risk Through Indemnification and Liability Capsat the ACC South Florida 14th Annual CLE Conference. The session focuses on businesses regular use of indemnification and liability caps to limit their risk.
CREDENTIALS
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Fordham University, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the CoifNew York University, B.S., Marketing , summa cum laude
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University of MiamiSchool of Law, J.D. Program, Adjunct Professor, Fall 2024Family Resource Center of South FloridaBoard of Directors, 2023 - PresentLeadership Council on Legal DiversityFellow, 2025 - 2026United Way MiamiYoung Leaders, 2023 - Present
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