Managing Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
Dan Clivner is co-leader of Sidley Austin’s 330-lawyer global M&A and private equity (PE) practice; managing partner of its Greater Los Angeles offices – where he heads the Corporate department – and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. As a leader, he holds the distinction of the opening of the Century City office for two firms and for the building of a global practice that rose from 40th place to 6th place between 2016 and 2020. While leading one of the most prolific M&A and PE practices in the country, he continues to handle some of the firm’s most high-profile transactional matters for clients and dedicates time for the LGBTQ community and the firm’s diversity and inclusion initiatives. Clivner has extensive experience working on matters related to private equity, M&A and corporate governance, and advises executives, boards, management, special committees and investment banking firms on domestic and international corporate transactions.
