Kimberly W. Klayman is the Practice Leader of the Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Group. Kimberly has broad experience representing privately held emerging companies, as well as venture capital, private equity funds, family offices and corporate venture groups that invest in high growth companies. She works with companies through the entire corporate life cycle, including pre-formation and general corporate counseling, venture capital financings, and mergers and acquisitions. Kimberly also counsels investors and platform companies in strategic acquisitions of high growth companies.
Professional Highlights
Judicial Internship
Hon. Timothy Rice, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Summer 2011
Professional Activities
Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Entrepreneurship Clinic and Masters of Law Program
Recognition & Accomplishments
The Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch," Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, (Philadelphia) 2023-2025
The Legal Intelligencer, "Lawyers on the Fast Track," 2023
Speaking Engagements
Panelist, "Philly's Global Lawyers: Educating and Training International Lawyers in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area," Philadelphia Bar Association," October 6, 2017
Panelist, "Navigating Firm Life," University of Pennsylvania Law School, October 20, 2014
Panelist, "Starting a Health Care Practice," Temple Pediatric Dental School, October 16, 2014
Board Memberships & Community Service
Haddassah Women's Organization
Director, Young Leadership Board of Directors
Publications
Co-author, "What Founders Need to Know About Working Capital Adjustments," Technical.ly, May 29, 2026
"What Startup Founders Need to Know About M&A Valuations," Technical.ly, July 23, 2025
Co-author, "What's a Tender Offer, and How Do They Work? An Introduction for New Startup Founders," Technical.ly, April 9, 2025
Credentials
Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D. 2013, cum laude)
Associate Editor, University of Pennsylvania Constitutional Law Journal; Recipient, National Clinical Legal Education Association's 2013 Outstanding Student Award; Social Events and Communications Chair, Graduate and Professional Student Association
Boston University (B.A. 2010, summa cum laude)
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Recipient, Department Prize for Excellence in English
Languages
Fluent in Hebrew and Arabic
Admissions
New Jersey
Pennsylvania