Greg Klein is a partner in the transactions workgroup, specializing in private equity and venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions across a wide range of sectors, including renewable energy, technology, financial services and motion pictures.  He also has experience in general corporate matters, including executive compensation and SEC compliance.  Mr. Klein serves as Co-Chair of the firm's Emerging Technologies practice group.

In 2008, Mr. Klein was named by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals as one of the top 20 California attorneys under 40 years of age. 

In 2008, Mr. Klein was also named in Investment Dealers' Digest Magazine's "40 Under 40" as one of the 40 most prominent men and women in deal making under 40 years of age. 

From 2004 through 2008, Mr. Klein was selected for inclusion in Los Angeles Magazine's Southern California "Rising Stars" in mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Klein represents US Renewables Group, one of the largest private equity firms focused exclusively on investing in renewable power, biofuels and clean technology infrastructure.  Other private equity clients include GFI Energy Ventures, a manager of private equity funds co-formed with Oaktree Capital Management that have approximately $1.5 billion under management, Post Advisory Group, a leading manager of high yield fixed income and multi-strategy alternative investment products that has approximately $13.0 billion under management and Winchester Capital Management, a motion picture finance fund with approximately $100 million under management.  Mr. Klein has completed approximately sixteen transactions in the last two years. 

Representative transactions include the formation and initial capitalization of SolarReserve, a developer of utility-scale solar power plants, the sale of the principal assets of U.S. Biodiesel Group to Renewable Energy Group, a leading biodiesel producer and marketer, the sale of Psychological Services, Inc., a professional licensing and pre-employment testing company, to ABRY Partners and the sale of SPL WorldGroup to Oracle Corporation.  

Mr. Klein was General Counsel for Archive Inc., a business-to-business software company backed by Mayfield Fund, from February 2000 to May 2001.

Mr. Klein is a member of the Board of Directors of Bright Star Schools, a non-profit organization that operates charter schools serving underprivileged communities in Los Angeles.

Bar & Court Admissions

• 1996, California