Greenberg Traurig has bolstered its bankruptcy practice by linking back up with restructuring partner Bruce Zirinsky, as the spread of the novel coronavirus continues to roil markets.

Zirinsky was the head of Greenberg's restructuring practice until he set out on his own to form Zirinsky Law Partners in 2015. The pick up isn't a traditional lateral: Zirinksy and his firm have joined Greenberg's 75-attorney bankruptcy practice as part of an "exclusive strategic alliance," wherein the two firms will work on future matters together as they arise.

Firm chairman Richard Rosenbaum said that, for confidential reasons, Zirinksy cannot immediately join the firm, and he was noncommittal as to whether Zirinsky will ever fully rejoin the firm. Zirinsky is based in New York and will work closely with a partner in Miami, Rosenbaum said.