Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Shaun is a corporate partner and a leader of the Firm’s Shareholder Activism & Hostile Takeover Defense practice, which was recognized by its peers as the #1 activism defense law firm practice in 13D Monitor’s 2025 qualitative league tables. Shaun is recognized as one of the 500 leading lawyers in America across all practice areas by Lawdragon, and as among the top five lawyers for activism and takeover defense by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 US.

Shaun is a frequent speaker on shareholder activism and corporate governance. He has appeared on Bloomberg TV and has guest lectured at Harvard Law and Michigan Law School, among others. His articles have been featured in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, and he has been quoted in leading publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Deal and Law360.

In his practice, Shaun counsels public companies and their boards in defending live proxy fights, negotiating truces with activist hedge funds, responding to short attacks, defending M&A deals against activist opposition, as well as guiding companies through complex corporate governance and other crisis matters.

His recent experience includes defending public companies and private equity sponsors in several of the most high profile challenges to M&A transactions, and he has defended clients against campaigns mounted by a number of activist investors including Elliott Management, Starboard Value, Politan Capital Management, Carl Icahn and JANA Partners.

Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude; New York University, B.A., Economics & Politics, summa cum laude