Klein, Rachel Aileen

Rachel Aileen Klein

Associate

rachel.klein@lw.com
    Klein, Rachel Aileen

    Rachel Aileen Klein

    Associate

    rachel.klein@lw.com
    "Stand[s] out because [she] work[s] extremely hard to consistently produce terrific work while fostering a collaborative, fun and contagious culture."

    The Legal 500 US 2024

    "Unique combination of IQ and EQ will continue to set [her] far apart in the industry."

    The Legal 500 US 2024

    Key Lawyer – Industry Focus: Sport

    The Legal 500 US 2024

    Profile

    Rachel Klein is an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins.

    Rachel represents public and private companies, private equity firms, and strategic investors in a range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic investments, and professional sports franchise investments, acquisitions, and sales. 

    Prior to joining Latham, Rachel was a summer associate in the New York office. While at Duke Law, Rachel was the vice president of the Business Law Society.

    Experience

    Rachel's experience includes advising:

    • TPG in the establishment of The Initial Group Global, a new talent management and representation company, and its joint venture acquisitions of:
      • Untitled Entertainment
      • Grandview Entertainment
    • Skydance Media in its US$28 billion merger with Paramount Global
    • Apollo in its US$3.6 billion take-private acquisition of Barnes Group
    • Carlyle in the joint venture investment in National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) club Seattle Reign FC
    • KKR in the sale of a majority stake in Chord Music Partners, a pure-play catalog of music intellectual property including The Weeknd, OneRepublic, David Guetta, Lorde, Diplo, ZZ Top, John Legend and more
    • Mark Cuban in sale of the controlling interest in the Dallas Mavericks to the Adelson and Dumont families
    • Diamond Baseball Holdings, a Silver Lake portfolio company, in the acquisition of over 20 MLB Professional Development League Clubs
    • Endeavor in the acquisition of multiple MLB Professional Development League Clubs and the creation of Diamond Baseball Holdings and subsequent sale of Diamond Baseball Holdings to Silver Lake
    • Dyal Capital in an investment in the Atlanta Hawks
    • RedBird Capital Partners in the formation of EverPass Media, a joint-venture with the NFL
    • TKO in its joint venture with Saudi Arabian investors in connection with a new boxing promotion
    • An investor in an investment in the Tampa Bay Lightning
    • One Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus on the US$2.1 Billion Sale of Eco Material Technologies to CRH
    • Warburg Pincus in its sale of Scale Microgrid Solutions, a renewables company to EQT
    • Ares in its joint venture with Savion Equity to manage five US solar projects
    • Silver Lake in a digital infrastructure joint venture with a group of investors in connection with a portfolio of powered land sites
    • Authentic Brands Group in its acquisition of Boardriders (Quicksilver, Billabong)
    • Leeds Equity Partners in the carve-out acquisition of Compliance Learning, Checkpoint Learning, and West LegalEdcenter, continuing education platforms, from Thomson Reuters
    • Leeds Equity Partners in the sale of Scaled Agile, a provider of software and systems development consulting services

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • New York

    Education

    • JD, Duke University School of Law, 2021
    • BA in Communication, Wake Forest University, 2016

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