Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to grow its nationally-recognized Corporate Practice with two new additions: Elina Alperovich and Serena Y. Shi, who both join as shareholders in the firm’s New York office with a focus on private equity mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. Alperovich joins from Apollo Global Management Inc. and Shi comes from Latham & Watkins LLP.
Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Alperovich and Shi previously worked together at Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, and have experience representing major private equity firms. Shi represents private equity firms and public companies in domestic and cross-border M&A, and other complex strategic transactions, including carve-outs and joint ventures.
Alperovich advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as public and private companies, on a broad range of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, joint ventures, and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) transactions, as well as general corporate governance matters.
“We are very pleased to add Elina and Serena to our impressive M&A team. They are brilliant, hardworking attorneys who will fit in well with our culture,” said Ejim Peter Achi and Scott J. Bornstein, co-managing shareholders of Greenberg Traurig’s New York office, in a joint statement. Achi is also co-chair of the New York Corporate Practice, and Bornstein is also co-chair of the firm’s global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice and of the firm’s global Patent Litigation Group.
Peter H. Lieberman, co-chair of the firm’s Global Corporate Practice, commented: “These additions reflect our ongoing commitment to continue growing our practice with top-level talent to meet client demand. Serena and Elina will add to our already strong team.”
Shi is a native of Shanghai, China, and is fluent in Mandarin. She earned her B.S. at New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business and her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.
Alperovich is an adjunct professor of contract drafting at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She earned her B.S. from Bentley University and earned her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.
