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Threadcraft strengthens credit arm of corporate transactional & finance practice New York; April 9, 2026 – Premier New York-based boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan announced the addition of Tiffanye S. Threadcraft as senior counsel in the corporate transactional & finance practice. She arrives from Akin Gump. Ms. Threadcraft represents lenders and borrowers in a broad…

Firm News | April 9, 2026 | Securities and Corporate Finance | Special Situations and Credit

January 5, 2026, NEW YORK – Premier New York-based boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan announces the promotion of two lawyers, Rita Fitch and Alexander Shiekman, to the firm partnership, effective January 1, 2026. Rita Fitch is a member of the Private Funds & Investment Management group. Based in Dallas, Rita advises a growing list of…

Firm News | January 5, 2026 | Emerging Companies & Venture Capital | Executive Compensation | Hedge Funds | Investment Management | Investor Activism | Mergers & Acquisitions | Private Capital | Securities and Corporate Finance | Special Situations and Credit

New York, July 28, 2025 — Premier boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan announced that it has been recognized by Chambers High Net Worth 2025 as a leading firm. The firm was included in the “Private Wealth Law: Mid-Market – New York” category. A source stated, “Kleinberg Kaplan has smart and creative lawyers who are very…

Firm News | July 29, 2025 | Estate Planning and Administration | Family Office | International Trusts & Estates Planning | Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Organizations | Planning for Fund Managers | Tax Controversy | Trusts & Estates Litigation

Elevation of Jason Mulgrew to COO and Noelle Obermueller to Chief HR/Talent Officer rounds out bench of professional leaders at law firm, including new business development head and operations director New York (July 23, 2025) – Top private investment funds law firm Kleinberg Kaplan has made several new senior appointments, expanding the firm’s business leadership team…

Firm News | July 22, 2025

Firm ranked in Hedge Funds category; four partners individually honored New York, June 5, 2025 — Premier boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan announced that it has been recognized by Chambers USA 2025 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…

Firm News | June 6, 2025 | Hedge Funds | Investor Activism

Kleinberg Kaplan represents Paulson Advisers LLC in its acquisition, along with NovaGold Resources, Inc., of a 50% interest in Donlin Gold LLC from Barrick Gold Corporation for $1.0 billion in cash, announced April 22, 2025. For more information, please refer to the press release on the NovaGold website. The Kleinberg Kaplan deal team representing Paulson…

Firm News | April 22, 2025 | Mergers & Acquisitions

Shalam strengthens sophisticated tax practice, previously with Simpson Thacher New York; March 17, 2025 – Leading private investment funds law firm Kleinberg Kaplan announced the addition of Eli Shalam as a partner in the tax practice. He arrives from Simpson Thacher. Mr. Shalam has considerable experience advising clients on tax aspects of private investment fund formation…

Firm News | March 17, 2025 | Business Advice and Planning | Hedge Funds | High Net Worth Individual Planning | Private Equity Funds | Transactional

Kleinberg Kaplan, a pure-play activist law firm, was again featured as a top legal advisor for activist campaigns in Bloomberg’s FY 2024 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…

Firm News | January 15, 2025 | Investor Activism

Premier boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan has been recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms® for providing outstanding legal counsel in four practice areas: Trusts & Estates, Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law, Commercial Litigation, and Tax. Kleinberg Kaplan was named a Tier 1 law firm for Trusts & Estates at both the…

Firm News | November 19, 2024 | Estate Planning and Administration | Hedge Funds | Commercial and Corporate Litigation | High Net Worth Individual Planning | Tax Controversy

We are pleased to announce that 17 of the firm’s attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of Super Lawyers®, a national legal ranking. Attorneys were nominated by their peers and recognized for their outstanding professional achievement in several legal practice areas, including business litigation, estate & probate, mergers & acquisitions, real estate, securities…

Firm News | October 31, 2024