Kristen Lin
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Corporate & Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Investment Management & Private Equity
- Private Equity Transactions
- Represents clients on a wide range of corporate transactions with a focus on mergers and acquisitions.
Kristen represents public and private companies, private equity funds, financial sponsors, portfolio companies and other strategic investors in a variety of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, co-investments, restructurings, joint ventures and general corporate matters across various industries.
Prior to joining Akin Gump, Kristen was an associate in the corporate group of another international law firm based in New York.
Kristen earned her J.D. cum laude from Brooklyn Law School, where she served as notes and comments editor for the Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law.
EducationJ.D., Brooklyn Law School, cum laude, 2017
M.P.P., Stony Brook University, State University of New York, 2012
B.A., Stony Brook University, State University of New York, 2011
J.D., Brooklyn Law School, cum laude, 2017
M.P.P., Stony Brook University, State University of New York, 2012
B.A., Stony Brook University, State University of New York, 2011
Bar AdmissionsNew York
New York
