About Elsa Ben Shimon

Elsa Ben Shimon is an attorney. She currently serves as a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, a New York-based law firm with offices in Los Angeles, Miami and Washington, D.C.

With a prominent history dating back more than 140 years, Stroock advises global financial institutions and international corporations on transactions, compliance and litigation. Attorneys at Stroock focus their practice on corporate and private funds, financial restructuring, real estate, financial service-related litigation and general litigation. The firm also handles cases in taxation, insurance, intellectual property, media and entertainment law.

In the field of Opportunity Zones, the firm develops strategies to maximize clients’ benefits with their investments, and helps form compliant Qualified Opportunity Funds.

Ben Shimon specializes in real estate acquisition and disposition, joint ventures and investments in Opportunity Zones. She represents institutional investors in transactions of a wide variety of projects, supervises the acquisition and financing of assets, and handles distressed properties. Her clients include real estate funds, private and public REITs and pension funds.

With a deep familiarity with the Israeli culture and business environment, Ben Shimon understands the unique needs of clients from that region, which enables her to provide effective advice in their real estate investment in the U.S. She also works as liaison between investors from Israel and real estate developers in the U.S. seeking capital in Israeli markets.

Prior to joining Stroock, Ben Shimon served as a partner at Duval & Stachenfeld LLP, a New York-based law firm, where she primarily handled real estate transactions.

Ben Shimon holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Tel Aviv University in Israel and a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University.

Ben Shimon speaks English, Hebrew and French.