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Ethan Klingsberg’s practice comprises M&A, public company board and independent committee, activism-response, governance, corporate, and SEC matters. His M&A practice covers mergers of mature companies, acquisitions of start-ups, divestitures, and spin-offs. He regularly helps companies prevail against, manage, and work with “activist stockholders,” including in scenarios where these stockholders have board seats, are seeking board seats, and do not have board seats. In addition, he advises boards and controlling shareholder groups on creative capital structures and governance and liquidity arrangements, including in connection with IPOs, spin-offs, recapitalizations, and the creation of autonomous subsidiaries. Ethan is recognized among M&A “MVPs” and “Dealmakers of the Year” by Law360 and The American Lawyer, and among the country’s leading corporate lawyers in every major guide.

Mr. Klingsberg joined the firm in 1994 and became a partner in 2001.

Mr. Klingsberg is a member of the Bar in New York and admitted in the Southern District of New York.

Mr. Klingsberg received a J.D. degree in 1989 from Yale Law School, where he was the Book Reviews and Comments Editor of The Yale Law Journal. He received an undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Klingsberg served as a law clerk for the Honorable Robert P. Patterson, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and developed and participated in law reform projects in Eastern Europe under the auspices of the Soros Foundation.