Eliza P. Shea, a partner at Lippes Mathias LLP, participated as a panelist at this year’s Push for Parity, hosted by the MIT Sloan Women in Management group. The annual event, held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, brings together leaders across industries to discuss pathways to achieving gender parity in academic and professional environments. 

Shea joined a panel titled “Dual Career Relationships,” held Monday, March 10, where she spoke to current students at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Panelists addressed the personal and professional dynamics of navigating dual-career partnerships, with a focus on balance, boundaries and long-term planning. 

About Eliza P. Shea 

Eliza P. Shea is a partner in the corporate and securities practice teams at Lippes Mathias LLP, where she concentrates her practice on the representation of private companies in all stages of the growth cycle, as well as the venture capital firms and strategic investors that finance these companies in debt and equity offerings. Her experience also includes advising business founders on matters such as choice of entity, capitalization and incentive compensation; representing private companies in capital-raising and other financing transactions; assisting with mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures; and negotiating joint venture agreements and other strategic alliances. 

Shea also serves as general counsel of Varia Ventures, a platform for professionals and their organizations interested in venture investing, and general counsel to Impact Capital, a Series A venture fund. 

About Lippes Mathias LLP 

Lippes Mathias is a full-service law firm with more than 220 attorneys serving clients regionally, nationally, and internationally. With offices in Buffalo, Clarence, Albany, Long Island, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, and Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; Greater Toronto Area; Chicago, Ill.; Jacksonville and West Palm Beach, Fla.; Cleveland, Ohio; San Antonio, Texas; Oklahoma City, Okla. and Washington, D.C., the firm represents publicly and privately-owned companies, private equity and venture capital firms, independent sponsors, real estate developers, financial institutions, municipalities, governmental entities, and individuals.