Eleazer Klein is a partner and co-chair of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP’s M&A and securities and global shareholder activism groups. Key matters include advising Trian Fund Management on its dealings with The Walt Disney Company, which involved, a high-stakes and high-value shareholder activism mandate.

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Key clients

D. E. Shaw & Co.
Elliott Investment Management L.P.
Murchinson Ltd.
JANA Partners LLC
Politan Capital Management LP
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Starboard Value LP
Kimmeridge Energy Management Company
Trian Fund Management, L.P.
TOMS Capital Investment Management
Anson Funds
Land & Buildings Investment Management
Owl Creek Asset Management
Caligan Partners
White Hat Capital Partners
Buxton Helmsley Group
Orange Capital
Eminence Capital
Strategic Organizing Center
Altai Capital Management

Work highlights

Advising Trian Fund Management in regards to campaign on its multi-billion-dollar investment in, and proxy contest at, The Walt Disney Company.
Advising the Strategic Organizing Center in its groundbreaking activist campaign at Starbucks.
Representing Saba Capital Management in campaigns seeking board representation and governance changes at 10 different BlackRock closed-end funds.