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Premier boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan has announced that Joshua M. Kaplan has joined the firm as a partner in its Estate Planning and Administration Practice. He arrives from Dechert. With more than a decade of experience in private wealth matters, Mr. Kaplan advises clients on a broad range of issues, including estate planning and administration; estate, gift and…

Firm News | December 9, 2019 | Planning for Fund Managers | International Trusts & Estates Planning | Business Succession Planning | Trusts & Estates Litigation | Estate Planning and Administration

Premier boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan has been recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 edition of “Best Law Firms” for providing outstanding legal counsel in two practice areas: Trusts & Estates and Commercial Litigation. Kleinberg Kaplan was named both a National (Tier 2) and New York City Metropolitan (Tier 1) firm for Trusts…

Firm News | November 4, 2019 | Commercial and Corporate Litigation | Estate Planning and Administration

Kleinberg Kaplan partner Philip Gross provided his insights on opportunity-zone tax breaks in “Getting in the Zone”, an article featured in Institutional Real Estate Americas’ Opportunity Zones Special Report. To read the full article, click here.

Firm News | September 26, 2019

Leading hedge fund law firm Kleinberg Kaplan ranks among the most active legal advisors for activist campaigns, according to data intelligence provider Refinitiv. For the first six months of 2019, Kleinberg Kaplan ranked third for legal counsel advising activist investors, according to its Global Shareholder Activism Scorecard released this past week. “It is gratifying to…

Firm News | September 18, 2019 | Investor Activism

Kleinberg Kaplan partner David Levy offers his insight on how the ruling in SEC v. Benjamin Alderson and Bradley Hamilton may impact attorney-client privilege in Hedge Fund Law Report’s “SDNY: In Absence of Attorney-Client Relationship, Communications With Consultants Who Happen to Be Attorneys Are Not Protected.” To read the full article, click here.

Firm News | August 29, 2019 | Hedge Funds

Premier boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan announced that it has become a champion-level sponsor of WOMEN IN FUNDS, a social community for female leaders in the private investment funds industry and select senior leaders at law firms, allocators, and industry consultants. “As a firm we recognize the need for diversity and we likewise counsel our…

Firm News | July 23, 2019

Premier boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan announced that it has joined the Global Legal Blockchain Consortium (GLBC), a group comprised of over 230 companies, law firms, software companies, and universities developing standards to govern the use of blockchain technology in the business of law. “The application of blockchain technology is transforming many industries and holds…

Firm News | July 23, 2019 | Emerging Companies & Venture Capital

Kleinberg Kaplan attorneys were recently featured in Law360‘s article on the Largest First-Half Hotel M&A Deals. Kleinberg Kaplan’s contribution includes the $420 million venture with GFI Capital Resources Group (“GFI Capital”) and Elliott Management Corporation (“Elliot”) to acquire the Parker Hotel in New York. Kleinberg Kaplan acted as counsel to both GFI Capital and Elliott.…

Firm News | July 23, 2019 | Acquisitions and Sales

Kleinberg Kaplan partners Jeffrey Bortnick and Maurice Collada were recently published in HFM Week. Their article, “Benefits and practical considerations of insurance dedicated funds,” focuses on the general considerations surrounding insurance dedicated funds. Insurance dedicated funds (or “IDFs”) are named because they are typically only open for direct investment by insurance carriers. Individuals are only…

Firm News | June 11, 2019

Kleinberg Kaplan partner Christopher Davis was recently quoted in The Deal’s article addressing the amount of control Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg holds and the issues surrounding it. The article titled, “Investors Urge Zuckerberg to Surrender Facebook Board Control,” explains how shareholders of Facebook are set to vote on whether Zuckerberg will remain chairman of the…

Firm News | June 10, 2019