Laurin Blumenthal Kleiman is a co-leader of Sidley’s Investment Funds Global Practice Group. She advises a wide range of domestic and international investment funds and managers on regulatory, compliance and enforcement issues. Laurie is a frequent speaker on investment manager and fund regulation and compliance as well as on issues relating to the advancement of women in law.

Strong advocacy on behalf of her clients has earned Laurie acknowledgment in numerous industry publications, including Chambers, The Legal 500 and U.S. News & World Report. She was ranked Band 1 in Investment Funds: Regulatory and Compliance by Chambers Global and was recognized in the area of Mutual Funds Law by The Best Lawyers in America®. Sources have observed: “Ms. Kleiman has been extremely professional and knowledgeable in her service to our firm. We trust her advice explicitly” and “[Laurie] is a true expert in her area, and remarkably commercial and practical.” Laurie was named to Crain’s New York Business’ inaugural “Leading Women Lawyers in New York City” list, where she was lauded as being among the 100 “trailblazing women” who have “found multiple paths to excellence” and have displayed “fierce determination, passion for the law, keen intelligence, and inspiring achievement.” Laurie also was named one of the “50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds” by the Hedge Fund Journal.

Laurie is an active proponent of advancement of women in the legal profession. She is a member and former firmwide co-chair of Sidley’s Committee on Retention and Promotion of Women, which oversees the SidleyWomen initiative. Sidley has been recognized repeatedly for its groundbreaking women’s initiatives, including by Working Mother Magazine’s “50 Best Law Firms for Women, by the Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF), and by Chambers’ with its “Most Inclusive Firm for Minority Women Lawyers” and “Outstanding Firm in Advancing Gender Diversity and Inclusion” honors. Laurie is a frequent speaker on diversity issues, is a member of the WILEF advisory board and was named “2016 Gender Diversity Lawyer of the Year” by Chambers. Laurie is also a member of the Managed Funds Association’s Outside Counsel Forum, the Vanderbilt University Law School Board of Advisors and the board of trustees of the Adaptive Sports Foundation.

Education

Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review)
Vanderbilt University (B.A., English and Psychology)