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New York Office:
1585 Broadway
Fax 212.969.2900
Practice Areas:
Corporate
Fiduciary Duty Of Directors
Mergers & Acquisitions
New York Stock Exchange Issues
Securities
Initial Public Offerings
Private Equity
Stockholder Rights
Licensing / General Commercial
Regulatory / S.E.C.
Public Offerings - Debt
Public Offerings - Equity
Private Placements
Capital Markets
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| Education: |
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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, LL.M., 1962 |
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YALE LAW SCHOOL, LL.B., 1954 |
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EDITOR, YALE LAW JOURNAL, 1953-1954 |
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UNION COLLEGE, A.B., 1951 |
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PHI BETA KAPPA |
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| Bar Admission: |
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12/30/1956 NEW YORK |
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| Bar Affiliations: |
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NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS' ASSOCIATION, PRESIDENT, 1995-1996; MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
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AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MEMBER, HOUSE OF DELEGATES, 1993-1997 |
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NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, MEMBER, HOUSE OF DELEGATES |
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ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, MEMBER |
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| Other Affiliation: |
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AGENT HANDLER, U.S. ARMY INTELLIGENCE, BERLIN, GERMANY, 1955-1956 |
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| Government Service: |
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CHAIR, INDIGENT DEFENSE ORGANIZATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, APPELATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT |
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| Biography:
Klaus Eppler has a national reputation as a preeminent corporate and securities lawyer. He is an Optional Service Partner in Proskauer Rose LLP's Corporate Department, where he has practiced for 52 years. A widely published author, Klaus has chaired many forums dealing with the federal securities laws. He also has served as a panelist or speaker on continuing legal education programs in various business law fields.
Klaus is also a well-known leader of the New York Bar. He is a Past President of the New York County Lawyers' Association, one of the largest county bar associations in the country. He chaired the Indigent Defense Organization Oversight Committee appointed by the Appellate Division First Department, and then the Committee on Representation of the Poor, also appointed by the Appellate Division First Department. Klaus served on the Commission on the Future of Criminal Indigent Defense Services appointed by the Chief Judge Judith Kaye. He is a member of the House of Delegates of the New York State Bar Association and is a former member of the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association. For many years he served on Proskauer's Executive Committee and is a former Co-Chair of the Firm's Corporate Department.
Klaus’ clients, many of which are in the retail industry, have looked to him for guidance for several decades. He is a director of several public and privately held companies and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for over 25 years.
Klaus Eppler has been very active in the defense of companies against hostile takeovers, typically representing the board, a special committee, or management directors of target companies. He also has handled a number of major restructuring transactions, including public exchange offers and debt workouts, as well as pre negotiated and other Chapter 11 proceedings. Over the years he has handled a large number of securities offerings, including many successful IPO’s, as well as major mergers, acquisitions and sales of businesses.
Klaus has chaired or served on the securities law committees of the New York County Lawyers’ Association, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the American Bar Association. He is co-author of Going Public, Second Edition, Clark Boardman & Co. He has participated in business law conferences in China, Australia and in Eastern Europe. For over 25 years, he annually chaired a highly successful Practising Law Institute forum on “Preparation of Annual Disclosure Documents.”
Klaus is a 1954 graduate of Yale Law School, where he was an Editor of the Yale Law Journal. He also holds a Master of Law Degree from New York University, and was valedictorian of his class at Union College.
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