Shaun M. Klein

Shaun M. Klein is a Partner and Co-Chair of the firm's global Private Equity practice, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, debt and equity securities offerings, financings and joint ventures, both domestically and in cross-border transactions.

He advises clients in structuring investments, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and the related senior and mezzanine financing of such transactions. His experience spans a broad range of industry sectors, including manufacturing, flexible packaging, telecommunication products, restaurant franchising and management, revenue cycle management, airport concessions, medical and dental devices, marketing and consulting services and outsourcing. He also provides corporate governance counseling and assists clients with management compensation, equity and incentive programs. He represents a number of private equity firms, including The Jordan Company, The Edgewater Funds, High Bluff Capital Partners and JZ Capital Partners Limited, and has advised on the acquisition and sale of portfolio companies across multiple industries.

Shaun holds a J.D., with high distinction, from The University of Iowa College of Law (1997) and a B.A. in Business Administration and Accounting from Coe College (1992).

He is ranked in Band 4 for Corporate/M&A by Chambers USA (2023).