Brown Rudnick LLP

Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Litigation Practice Group

Partner

Dylan Kletter is a trial lawyer. He is the leader of the firm’s M&A and Private Equity Litigation Practice Group and a co-leader of the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution department. Dylan has extensive experience representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies, strategic acquirers, venture capital firms, family offices, activist investors, and entrepreneurs in high-stakes and bet-the-company disputes.

Dylan routinely litigates failed mergers and acquisitions, fraud claims, indemnification claims, rep and warranty insurance claims, earn-outs, working capital adjustments, and escrow disputes. Dylan’s M&A and Private Equity Litigation practice includes both plaintiff and defense side work, predominantly in the Delaware and New York courts, as well as other jurisdictions selected as the forum by the transactional parties.

Dylan’s clients routinely turn to him to handle major portfolio company litigation concerning a variety of high-stakes disputes across the country concerning major customers or suppliers, restrictive covenants, and internal corporate matters.

Prior to joining Brown Rudnick, Dylan served as a judicial clerk for Connecticut Supreme Court Justices Barry R. Schaller and C. Ian McLachlan, as well as a law clerk for the Honorable Christine E. Keller.

During law school, Dylan received awards in Criminal Law, Trial Advocacy and Appellate Advocacy. He also served on the Connecticut Law Review, the Moot Court Board, and the Mock Trial Society. Prior to law school, Dylan helped represent New York Times best-selling authors at International Creative Management (ICM) talent agency in New York.

Dylan is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys mountaineering, triathlons, surfing, and snowboarding.