Linda Perez Clark

"I am dedicated to ensuring that Kean Miller’s unique culture of collaboration, diversity of thought, and longevity of outstanding client outcomes permeate everything we do today and into the future. I focus on creative solutions and best practices by harnessing the collective excellence and unique skills of our stellar attorneys and professionals firmwide."

Linda Perez Clark is an effective corporate and business law advisor who currently serves as Kean Miller’s Managing Partner. She brings more than 30 years of proven success and hands-on, practical experience to problem-solving and guiding large and small and privately and publicly held businesses through their commercial transactions and business operations challenges.

Appreciated inside and outside of the firm for her leadership by example, Linda brings an unwavering dedication and seemingly endless positivity to helping clients achieve their business objectives. She fosters strong client partnerships and ensures satisfaction through actionable, integrity-driven solutions while reflecting the firm’s reputation for delivering a deep bench of legal acumen, professionalism, and pragmatic, business-focus advice. She oversees the firm's risk management, financial planning, and strategic business development objectives and is committed to preserving a supportive and inclusive culture.

In addition to her accomplishments as a veteran corporate and business law advisor, Managing Partner to the firm Linda founded and directed Kean Miller Connection, an annual law school preparatory program that supports underrepresented groups in the legal field.

Linda brings more than two decades of hands-on experience to her business and corporate transactional law practice. At the pinnacle of her career, Linda is that legal and business counselor and strategist who has proven, time and again, her ability to negotiate and close even the most complex client deals ranging in size and complexity from millions to hundreds of millions of dollars in value.

She practices primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisition and corporate governance, and also has considerable experience in sales, engineering, procurement, construction, and construction-related contracts for both onshore and offshore energy projects, various supply agreements for goods and services and commercial leases.

Linda’s practice also includes developing and negotiating company-wide standard forms and agreements, advising on entity structure and governance, and developing buy-sell and operating agreements among owners.

A consensus builder who serves as the catalyst for establishing the synergy needed to close complicated transactions and overcome obstacles to progress in real-time, Linda remains focused on safeguarding her client’s position when finding the middle ground – a paradigm that is important to closing deals on time and on budget.