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Kleinberg Kaplan Advises Hedge Fund Lane Five Capital in Successful Activist Campaign

May 9, 2012
Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. acted as legal counsel to hedge fund Lane Five Capital Management LP, in its recently settled activist campaign for change at education travel company Ambassadors Group Inc. Lane Five owns approximately 7% of the outstanding shares of Ambassadors Group.
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Kleinberg Kaplan Adds Experienced Commercial Litigator David M. Levy

April 18, 2012
Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. today announced that David M. Levy has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department. Levy is a seasoned commercial litigator with more than 30 years of experience in commercial litigation, dispute resolution and general corporate and business counseling.
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Seasoned Structured Finance Attorney Joins Kleinberg Kaplan

March 5, 2012
Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. today announced that Howard Mulligan has joined the firm as Of Counsel in the Corporate Department. Mulligan is an experienced corporate and securities attorney who practices in the areas of structured finance and business restructurings.
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Kleinberg Kaplan Announces New Department Chairs

February 2, 2012
Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. is pleased to announce several new leadership appointments throughout the firm.
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Kleinberg Kaplan Appoints Paris A. Gunther as Chief Marketing Officer

January 26, 2012
Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. today announced the appointment of its first chief marketing officer, Paris A. Gunther, to the firm. Gunther is a seasoned legal marketing professional based in New York with over twenty years of experience leading strategic business development and marketing programs at law firms and professional service organizations across the country.
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Kleinberg Kaplan Names Two New Members

January 18, 2012
Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. today announced that Kelly E. Zelezen and Euchung Ung have been named members of the firm, effective January 1, 2012.
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Why Syms Corp. Should Sell Real Estate, Not the Company

June 1, 2011
Strapped for cash after its acquisition of Filene’s Basement in 2009, clothing retailer Syms Corp. announced last week it is considering selling the company, but some of its biggest minority shareholders, including hedge fund and activist investor Esopus Creek Value Series Fund LP sees greater value in the potential sale of its valuable real estate, particularly around New York.
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How the Galleon verdict sheds light on overlooked SEC regulations

May 12, 2011
The guilty verdict for former hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam of 14 counts of conspiracy and securities fraud is consistent with the insider trading rules of the Securities and Exchange, which provide that a person is deemed to be trading "on the basis" of material non-public information if such person is aware of such information when making a trade.
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Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. Expands in Current Fifth Avenue Space

May 2, 2011
Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. is pleased to announce that it has added approximately 9,000 additional square feet to its leased space in Fred F. French Building, a 38-story skyscraper on the northeast corner of 45th Street at 551 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
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Kleinberg Kaplan Advises Modlin Group Joint Venture on $21.7 Million Acquisition of Alabama Apartment Complex

April 14, 2011
Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. recently represented Montgomery Property LLC, a joint venture led by the private equity arm of a New York-based real estate firm, The Modlin Group, in the acquisition of a 520-unit apartment complex in Montgomery, Ala. for $21.7 million.
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