Bio

Kyle Harris practice focuses on public and private mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters. His experience spans the range of M&A activity, including both domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, divestitures, joint ventures, and other complex corporate transactions, as well as shareholder activism and takeover defense. He also regularly advises companies and their boards on fiduciary duties, corporate governance, and securities law matters. He is an adjunct professor of law at NYU School of Law, where he teaches a course on mergers and acquisitions. He has significant experience in transactions across a broad array of industries, with particular experience in business services, chemicals, healthcare, industrials, and telecommunications. Widely recognized by leading legal publications, Kyle was ranked in The Legal 500 U.S. in the M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+) category in 2023. He was named a “Rising Star” in M&A by Law360 in 2020, recognizing him as one of five outstanding M&A lawyers in the U.S. under the age of 40 “whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.” He was also named a “Rising Star” by The Deal in 2020 and by Expert Guides in 2021 and 2022. Kyle is also active in the firm’s pro bono practice and educational pipeline work. Among other matters, he represented the Envision Freedom Fund (formerly the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund) in a number of significant initiatives, including the launch of the New York Immigrant Freedom Fund and the multi-state National Bail Out Campaign. He serves on the board of directors of The Bronx Defenders and is a member of the New York State Attorney General’s Pro Bono Task Force for Reproductive Health. He also oversees Cleary’s partnership with the Washington Irving Campus of high schools. Kyle joined the firm in 2011 and became a partner in 2020.