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Keith A Flaum

Keith A Flaum

USA 2026

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USA

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Keith Flaum is a leading mergers and acquisitions (M&A) lawyer with more than 30 years of experience representing publicly traded and privately held companies in domestic and cross-border merger and acquisition transactions and complex joint ventures, with a particular emphasis on representing information technology and life sciences companies. Keith is also a trusted adviser to boards of directors and special committees in the M&A context. Recently, Keith has acted as lead M&A counsel to Oracle on its pending US$28bn acquisition of Cerner Corporation, Facebook on its US$16bn acquisition of WhatsApp and Applied Materials on its terminated US$3.5bn acquisition of Kokusai Electric Corporation.

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Corporate/M&A - California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrou

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Keith Flaum focuses his practice on the representation of major public and private companies in high-end domestic and international M&A.

Strengths

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  • Keith is our secret weapon. He is always there when we need him and he really brings to bear all of his ability, experience and commerciality.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the USA
  • He understands the nuances of M&A, with the ability to bring all the pieces together and negotiate persuasively.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the USA
  • He is an outstanding M&A lawyer.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the USA
  • Keith is outstanding. He is extremely well-versed in the law and knows both sides of every argument.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the USA

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