Legal counsel for creative professionals and founder-led businesses
As a lawyer and advisor, I help creative individuals and founder-led businesses protect their work, capture opportunities, and secure what matters—ownership, clarity, and long-term value.
For 25 years I’ve represented founders, creatives leaders and executives in their most important transactions. My clients receive legal precision with strategic insight into creative industries and founder dynamics.
For Creative Leaders & Founders >
For creative professionals, I bring decades of experience to negotiating their creative services and other critical agreements.
For Founders, I have specific skills and expertise dedicated to representing their personal and business interests, protecting their IP and helping ensure that they exit on their own terms.
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I studied at Brown University and Columbia Law School before starting my law career with a Clerkship in the Southern District of NY. Thereafter I served as a litigation associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, followed by ten years as an entertainment lawyer before focusing on fashion and luxury. I founded Pearce LLP in 2003. The practice maintains a business presence in NYC and Paris, and I am fluent in French.
“Imagine you’re a designer with talent dripping from your fingertips - Gucci wants you. Prada wants you. You want Elizabeth Pearce...” “…the fashion lawyer extraordinaire…”