Bridging Creativity and Capital in Fashion & Luxury
I am a lawyer and advisor. My law firm, Pearce LLP, has served the international fashion and luxury industry since 2003. My clients are creative leaders and business founders. More recently, my practice has expanded to provide advisory services for industry investors and private equity.
For Creative Leaders and Founders >
For creative professionals, I help to achieve their priorities in employment and severance agreements, complex LTI’s and other critical transactions.
For founders, I structure and negotiate M&A transactions to help them achieve durable, mutually productive investor partnerships.
In all cases, I seek to create practical agreements that balance creative priorities with business objectives.
For Investors & Private Equity >
I help investors make more informed decisions in fashion & luxury based on my 25 years as a lawyer in the sector.
I provide the rare and valuable perspective of the creative side, including evaluating intangibles like talent, cultural currency and founder dynamics that influence company value.
I bring the skill of structuring founder-investor partnerships between key talent and the major fashion & luxury groups.
My background includes Columbia Law School and a Clerkship in the Southern District of NY. I began my career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. I also spent a decade practicing entertainment law 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…”