Biography
Richard E. Climan is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, an international law firm with approximately 1,200 attorneys worldwide. He is a member of the firm’s global Executive Committee. Mr. Climan also serves on the Executive Committee of the annual Securities Regulation Institute presented by Northwestern Law School and also on the Advisory Board of the Mergers & Acquisitions Law Report presented by the Bureau of National Affairs. He will co-teach Real World Mergers & Acquisitions for the 2010 Spring Semester.
Mr. Climan regularly negotiates and advises clients in a wide range of industries on a broad variety of acquisition transactions and related matters, including mergers, divestitures, auction transactions, tender offers, defensive strategies, going-private transactions, leveraged buy-outs and cross-border transactions. He has handled some of the most prominent acquisitions in the technology and life sciences sectors.
Mr. Climan was named one of the “100 Most Influential Lawyers in America” by the National Law Journal. He is an active member of the Committee on M&A, an international committee of the ABA’s Section of Business Law with more than 3,000 members. He was the Chair of that Committee from 2002 to 2006, and currently serves on the Committee's Executive Council. He also currently serves as the Co-Chair of the subcommittee responsible for preparing and publishing the Dealmakers' Dictionary of M&A terminology.
Mr. Climan is a frequent author and lecturer on M&A-related topics. He moderates and participates in M&A-related presentations at Harvard, Stanford and Columbia Law Schools and, as a member of the adjunct faculty at UCLA School of Law, he co-teaches a course titled Real World M&A. He has lectured to the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission on public company acquisitions and has appeared as a commentator on CNBC’s nationally broadcast Squawk Box program. In addition, he co-chairs the annual National Institute on Negotiating Business Acquisitions.
Mr. Climan received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his A.B. from Harvard College. He is a member of the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation.
