Will Clayton is a professor and associate dean at BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School. His research focuses on corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on the law and policy of private equity and private investment funds. In recent years, his work has been cited in federal securities rule-making, comment letters and amicus briefs relating to private funds and he has been invited to present his research to national policymakers and leading industry organizations. Clayton also currently serves as a co-director of BYU's Global Business Law Program.
Before BYU, Clayton practiced corporate law in New York City and was an executive director at the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law. He holds a juris doctor from Yale Law School, an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a bachelor's degree from Stanford University.
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