Firm News | November 1, 2021
[Originally published March 23, 2021; last updated August 14, 2025] Elements of the Safe Harbor Defense Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code provides a safe harbor that bars certain avoidance actions/clawback actions (described below – “What types of actions are barred?”) regarding Qualifying Transactions (described below) that involve Qualifying Entities (described below). What types of…
FEATURED PUBLICATION | August 14, 2025 | Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy Litigation
New York, July 18, 2024 — Premier boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan announced that it has been recognized by Chambers High Net Worth 2024 as a leading firm. The firm was included in the “Private Wealth Law: Mid-Market – New York” category. A source stated, “The firm has displayed an outstanding level of expertise and…
FEATURED PUBLICATION | July 18, 2024 | Planning for Business Succession | Estate Planning and Administration | Planning for Fund Managers | Tax Controversy
Firm ranked in Hedge Funds category; four partners individually honored New York, June 6, 2024 — Premier boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan announced that it has been recognized by Chambers USA 2024 as a leading firm. The firm was again included in the “Hedge Funds (USA – Nationwide)” category, and four Kleinberg Kaplan partners were…
FEATURED PUBLICATION | June 6, 2024 | Hedge Funds | Investor Activism
Kleinberg Kaplan, a pure-play activist law firm, was again featured as a top legal advisor for activist campaigns in Bloomberg’s FY 2023 Global Activism Market Review. The firm ranked sixth for legal counsel advising activist investors in the United States and eight globally on the activist side for targets of less than $1 billion, according…
FEATURED PUBLICATION | January 4, 2024 | Investor Activism
Firm ranked in Hedge Funds category; four partners individually honored New York, June 1, 2023 — Premier boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan announced that it has been recognized by Chambers USA 2023 as a leading firm. The firm was again included in the “Hedge Funds (USA – Nationwide)” category, and four Kleinberg Kaplan partners were individually highlighted in the “Hedge…
FEATURED PUBLICATION | June 1, 2023 | Hedge Funds | Investor Activism
Kleinberg Kaplan’s Bruce Steiner was featured in The Wall Street Journal article, “IRS Gives Wealthy Families More Time to Shelter Assets from Estate Tax,” which discusses the newly extended deadline for a surviving spouse to file an estate tax return in certain circumstances. Steiner shares, “Surviving spouses often miss the deadline since dealing with death is…
FEATURED PUBLICATION | July 15, 2022 | Estate Planning and Administration
Firm ranked in Hedge Funds category; three partners individually honored New York, June 2, 2022 — Premier boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan announced that it has been recognized by Chambers USA 2022 as a leading firm. The firm was again included in the “Hedge Funds (USA – Nationwide)” category, and three Kleinberg Kaplan partners were individually…
FEATURED PUBLICATION | June 2, 2022 | Hedge Funds | Investor Activism
On March 30, 2022, the Division of Examinations (formerly known as the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations) (the “Division”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced its 2022 examination priorities for registered investment advisers (“RIAs”).1 The Division grouped the priorities into six general thematic areas: the operation of private investment funds; environmental,…
Client Alerts | May 2, 2022 | Hedge Funds | Private Capital | Digital Assets and Cryptocurrency
Kleinberg Kaplan, a pure-play activist law firm, was again featured as a top legal advisor for activist campaigns in Bloomberg’s H1 2021 Global Activism Market Review. The firm ranked fifth for legal counsel advising activist investors in the United States and sixth globally for the same, according to Bloomberg. The Bloomberg Activism Advisory League Tables…
FEATURED PUBLICATION | July 6, 2021 | Investor Activism
Firm ranked in Hedge Funds category; three partners individually honored New York, May 20, 2021 — Premier boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan announced that it has been recognized by Chambers USA 2021 as a leading firm. The firm was again included in the “Hedge Funds (USA – Nationwide)” category, and three Kleinberg Kaplan partners were individually…
FEATURED PUBLICATION | May 20, 2021 | Hedge Funds | Investor Activism
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