In addition to financial services, she has clients in senior management roles in all sectors of the economy - most recently in energy, health, pharmaceuticals, technology, publishing, management consultancy and real estate. She also has a particular interest in advising senior academics, having acted for a significant number of Vice-Chancellors of universities.

Listed in Chambers UK and the Legal 500 Hall of Fame which recognises individuals who have received constant praise from their clients for continued excellence, she has been described by the directories as ‘a class act', and 'enormously tough and strong, drawing on a wealth of past experience', 'outstanding in her knowledge, experience and logical problem solving'. Clients commented that 'she comes up with excellent solutions, is responsive at all times and knows when to push and when not to.' She has also been recognised in Spear's ranking of the best employment lawyers for senior executives, wealth managers and family offices.

Elaine is always focused on delivering her client's objectives. She advises on a wide range of issues, across the lifespan of the employment relationship. She therefore advises:

• Before the executive takes a role: advising on service agreements, sweet equity, carry arrangements and other incentive schemes, LLP agreements, non-executive appointments (including negotiating corporate indemnities)
• During the relationship: advising on investigations and disciplinary proceedings (particularly in FCA/PRA regulated businesses), bonus claims and discrimination and whistleblowing issues 
• At the end of the relationship: advising on termination of employment, resignation/removal from partnerships, team moves and restrictive covenants (drafting and enforcement) and career loss claims (including discrimination and whistleblowing). Often involving litigation (or threats of litigation), but just as often resolved without having to even raise the prospect of legal proceedings at all. 
• She is regularly instructed to lead multi-disciplinary teams and is therefore a natural choice where employment, regulatory and reputation management issues are paramount. She is also used as team leader on matters involving corporate, litigation and wealth planning advice.  Her project management also regularly involves leading and multi-jurisdictional teams. 

Elaine is also involved in a number of organisations that support women in the workplace. Nearly half of Elaine's clients are senior women and she is very active and involved as a champion of diversity. For 10 years she sat on a New York based task force, then called the Hidden Brain Drain. She is a long standing member of the International Women's Forum where having been a member of the UK Board for over 4 years, she has continued to be involved with their Ethical Leadership Committee. She is also the founder of One Loud Voice for Women, a registered charity that focusses on women at all levels in the workplace and she is a member of the Women in Finance Advisory Panel.

Elaine is a long-standing member of the City of London Society and she was the Vice-Chair on the City of London Law Society Employment Sub-Committee from 2007 - present. Elaine was also a founder member of the Employment Lawyers Association, which was set up in 1992 and she sat on its Management Committee for 11 years.