Justin P. Klein is a partner in the Business and Finance Department, partner-in-charge of the Securities Group, and a member of the Corporate and Government Investigations and White Collar Defense, Investment Management, Mergers and Acquisitions/Private Equity, REITs, Transactional Finance, Life Sciences/Technology, and Insurance Groups, as well as the Financial Institutions Reform Task Force. Before entering private practice, Mr. Klein spent nine years at the Securities and Exchange Commission in a variety of positions, including as assistant director of the Division of Corporation Finance.
Mr. Klein concentrates on diverse securities matters, including public and private securities offerings. He represents boards of directors and committees of public and private companies and parties in regulatory and enforcement proceedings before the SEC, state securities commissions, and securities industry self-regulatory organizations. He has served as a court-appointed trustee in SEC enforcement matters, as counsel to boards and audit committees, and as special counsel to committees of independent directors of public companies in going-private and other transactions.
Mr. Klein is a member of Ballard Spahr's Elected Board.