Kirkland & Ellis LLP

M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)

David Klein is a corporate partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, activist defense and other significant corporate matters, representing publicly traded and privately held companies, private equity firms and other investors. David was recognized in the New York Law Journal as a “Dealmaker of the Year” for 2023, in MergerLinks as “Top Private Equity Lawyers in North America” in 2023 and in Law360 as a “Rising Star” in 2019 for his mergers and acquisitions practice. He was also shortlisted on the MergerLinks' “Top Technology Lawyers in North America” list in 2023.

Former partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Boston University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2007

Emory University, B.A., 2004