NEW YORK – Aug. 10, 2021 – Ejim Peter Achi, co-managing shareholder of Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s New York office and co-chair of the firm’s New York Corporate Practice, has been named to New York Law Journal’s (NYLJ) 2021 Rising Stars list. Honorees will be recognized in the NYLJ’s upcoming Professional Excellence magazine and honored on Oct. 13th at the New York Legal Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York City.
NYLJ’s Rising Stars list comprises New York’s most promising lawyers 40 and younger based on the impact or innovative nature of their work, the significance of the issues at stake in their work, practice area, diversity, and pro bono work.
Achi represents private equity sponsors in connection with buyouts, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, restructurings, and other investments spanning a wide range of industries and sectors, with particular emphasis on technology, healthcare, industrials, consumer packaged goods, hospitality, and infrastructure.
About Greenberg Traurig’s Corporate Practice: Greenberg Traurig’s Corporate Practice comprises more than 450 lawyers in the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America who regularly advise public and privately held companies, entrepreneurs and investment funds on global mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, private equity and venture capital, underwritten and syndicated offerings, commercial finance and syndicated lending, cross-border transactions, and general corporate matters. The group’s industry experience includes transactions in a wide range of fields, from the pharmaceutical, medical devices, and life sciences fields, to representations involving clients in the aviation, banking, consumer products, energy, food and beverage, health care, manufacturing, media, technology, and telecommunications sectors.
About Greenberg Traurig, LLP: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has approximately 2200 attorneys in 40 locations in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, diversity, and innovation, and is consistently among the largest firms in the U.S. on the Law360 400 and among the Top 20 on the Am Law Global 100. The firm is net carbon neutral with respect to its office energy usage and Mansfield Rule 3.0 Certified. Web: www.gtlaw.com