Justin P Klein

Practice Areas

As a respected corporate counselor in the areas of securities and corporate governance, Justin P. Klein advises publicly and privately held companies on diverse securities matters, including day-to-day corporate governance and other transactional matters. His practice also encompasses representation of other firms in the securities industry, including investment advisers, banks, and investment companies.

Justin has significant experience representing both issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of common stock and debt securities. He frequently provides public companies and their boards and independent committees with both regulatory and strategic advice in merger and acquisition transactions, including going-private transactions. He also represents boards of directors and committees of public and private companies, as well as municipal issuers, in special investigations and parties in regulatory and enforcement proceedings before the SEC, state securities commissions, and securities industry self-regulatory organizations.

Justin has served as a court-appointed trustee in SEC enforcement matters. Before entering private practice, he spent nine years at the Securities and Exchange Commission, including as assistant director of the Division of Corporation Finance.

In September 2021, Justin was appointed Director of The Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware. The Center is one of the oldest corporate governance centers in academia. The mission of the Center is to provide a neutral forum for the discussion of important corporate governance issues.

Career

Admissions: District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania

Professional Memberships

Director of the University of Delaware’s Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance

Philadelphia Bar Association, past Chair, Business Law Section, Executive Committee; past Chair, Committee on Securities Regulation

National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (now FINRA), past Chair and member, National Arbitration and Mediation Committee

Pennsylvania Securities Commission, Attorney Advisory Committee

Ballard Spahr's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council

Personal

George Washington University Law School (J.D. 1972, with honors); University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1969)