Experience
Legal Expertise
Arina Shulga is a corporate and securities attorney with experience representing startups in corporate formation and capital raising transactions; issuers in private and public securities offerings, software licensing and a variety of contracts; angel investors and VC funds in making investments; crowdfunding portals; investment managers in their setup and investment fund formation; and participants in the digital asset economy. Before co-founding Ross & Shulga PLLC and a predecessor firm Shulga Law Firm PC, Ms. Shulga was an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. At Cleary, Ms. Shulga represented a wide range of clients, from individuals and startups to the Fortune 500 companies across a spectrum of industries, including financial services, banking, technology, fashion, entertainment, and health care. Ms. Shulga advised public companies on preparation and filing of periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission; represented investors, issuers, underwriters and selling stockholders in private and registered securities offerings, including IPOs, convertible debt offerings, high yield debt offerings, and A/B exchange offers; advised limited partners in private equity fund investments; advised companies on compliance with contractual obligations, internal restructurings and joint ventures; and represented companies and their advisors in tender offers, consent solicitations and leveraged buy-out transactions.
Ms. Shulga is active in the New York City startup community and is a member of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance. She also teaches Entrepreneurial Law at Fordham Law School.
Headlines
Headlines
- Bloomberg Law, February 22, 2019
- February 20, 2019
Publications
- Bloomberg Law, February 26, 2019
- Bloomberg Law, February 2019
Client Alerts
- March 19, 2020
Events & Speaking Engagements
- June 10, 2020
- February 26, 2020
- December 10, 2019
- December 6, 2019
- November 14, 2019
- September 27, 2019
- September 26, 2019
- August 28, 2019
- May 23, 2019
- May 15, 2019
- April 18, 2019
- February 2019
- Presenter, Startup LAWnchpad, "Top Tree Legal Do's and Dont's" (Organized by Fordham Law ELC)
- Interviewee, Real Estate Syndication Show PodcastDecember 29, 2018
- Guest Speaker, "Let's talk about Raising Capital in Compliance with Securities Law" NYC MeetUpDecember 19, 2018
- Guest Speaker, Law Firm Management, 2018 International Bar Association ConferenceDecember 7, 2018
- Women in Law, Please Be Advised PodcastNovember 15, 2018
- Presenter, Stafford's CLE Webinar , Delaware LLC Agreements: Planning and DraftingNovember 14, 2018
- Host, Legal Issues on Crypto Funds, NYU Stern FinTech Conference 2018October 19, 2018
- Panelist, "Navigating Securities Law Issues in Initial Coin Offerings and Equity Crowdfunding" Fordham Startup LAWnchpad ConferenceSeptember 14, 2018
Multimedia
Practice Areas
Admissions
- New York
Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 2002, summa cum laude
The Wharton School of Business, Certificate of Study in Business Policy and Management, 2002
Mount Holyoke College, B.A., 1997, magna cum laude
Languages
Russian