Profile
Serena Y. Shi represents private equity sponsors and strategic buyers in domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, divestitures, joint ventures and other complex corporate transactions in a broad range of industries, including consumer products, business services, technology and health care.
Serena is a native of Shanghai, China and is fluent in Mandarin and Shanghainese.
Capabilities
Experience
- Represented Coalesce Capital in its Acquisition of Miller Environmental Group.
- Represented Marquee Brands, LLC, an affiliate of Neuberger Berman, in its Acquisition of Totes Isotoner Corporation in Partnership with Randa Apparel & Accessories.
- Represented Entrepreneurial Equity Partners on its sale of Salm Partners, the largest contract manufacturer of fully cooked sausages and premium hot dogs in the United States.
- Represented Carrick Capital Partners in the sale of its minority stake in Exiger, a high-growth artificial intelligence (AI) supply chain risk and resilience software provider.
- Represented Watchtower Capital Partners in connection with its acquisitions of SPS Mechanical and JF Plumbing & Heating.
- Represented Marque Brands, LLC, an affiliate of Neuberger Berman, in connection with its acquisition of a majority ownership in America’s Test Kitchen and its associated brands, including Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country.
- Represented Blue Wolf Capital Partners, LLC and GCM Grosvenor, as joint sponsors, in connection with their acquisition of Hallcon Corporation from Canadian private equity firm Novacap.
- Representation of Astorg Partners in its acquisition of Corsearch.°
- Representation of Searchlight Capital Partners in its acquisition of Care Advantage.°
- Representation of L Catterton in its acquisition of Cholula Hot Sauce from Jose Cuervo and the subsequent sale of Cholula to McCormick & Company.°
- Representation of Level Equity in its sale of Ensenta Corporation.°
- Representation of TA Associates in its sale of Truck Hero, Inc.°
- Representation of an investor consortium led by CC Capital in its $6.9 billion take-private acquisition of Dun & Bradstreet.°
- Representation of CANArchy Craft Brewery Collective in its $330 million sale to Monster Beverage Corporation.°
- Representation of Amcor Limited in its $6.8 billion acquisition of Bemis Co.°
- Representation of Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. in its $1 billion business combination with Healthcare Capital Corp. °
- Representation of Lion Financial Group Limited with its $125 million business combination with Alpha Acquisition Corp.°
°The above representations were handled by Ms. Shi prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2015
- B.S., New York University Stern School of Business, 2010
Admissions
- New York
Languages
- Chinese (Mandarin), Native
- Chinese (Shanghainese), Native