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K&L Gates LLP comprises approximately 2,000 lawyers who practice in fully integrated offices located on five continents: Anchorage, Austin, Beijing, Berlin, Boston, Brisbane, Brussels, Charleston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Doha, Dubai, Fort Worth, Frankfurt, Harrisburg, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Miami, Milan, Munich, Newark, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris, Perth, Pittsburgh, Portland, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, San Francisco, São Paulo, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, Warsaw, Washington and Wilmington.
K&L Gates represents leading global corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs in every major industry group as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations and individuals. Our practice is a robust full market practice — cutting edge, complex and dynamic, at once regional, national and international in scope. Over each of the last six years our revenues exceeded $1 Billion.
Our delivery of legal services is supported at both the individual office level and through nine firmwide practice areas: corporate and transactional; energy, infrastructure and resources; finance; financial services; intellectual property; labor, employment and workplace safety; litigation and dispute resolution; real estate; and regulatory and policy. Within each of these practice areas are subject matter and industry-based practice groups.
At K&L Gates, we are raising the bar regarding information technology within the legal industry.
We are focused on providing innovative, value-driven solutions to lawyers that enhance profitability, workflow efficiency and client communications. We ensure our lawyers always have current technology and secure access to the technical resources required to deliver superior service to clients in a manner representative of our fully integrated global firm.
Our investment and dedication to continuous improvement is predicated on industry-leading technologies and enhanced technology infrastructure with resilient networks, redundant data centers and virtualized computing power. Our technology infrastructure has been designed to leverage the power of the firm’s fully integrated legal platform and to extend the comprehensive knowledgebase of our lawyers located throughout our numerous interconnected offices.
We are working toward placing the power of information into the hands of our lawyers through the use of mobile technologies in order to meet the diverse needs of our clients. Innovation without complexity is critical to our success whether a lawyer is in an office, at a client’s site or in the comfort of their home.
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Primary Practice
Corporate/M&A
Secondary Practices
Payments,…
Prior to joining the firm, Khaled served as an associate at a multinational law firm…
Areas of Focus
Mergers and Acquisitions
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Prior to joining the firm, Jim served as a senior…
Mr. Ali defends clients in toxic…
Seth Allen is a dedicated policyholder advocate with experience enforcing…
He is a regulatory and competition…
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Taylor was a summer associate with K&L…
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She advises clients in their acquisitions, mergers, cessions and reorganizations and…
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In the past, Peter was a law clerk for a personal…
Professional Background
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Barbey was a summer associate in the firm’s New York office in 2015. In…
Professional Background
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Ms. Bateman assists in…
Mr. Bellavia has over 20 years of unique experience as a corporate,…
Adam Berlin is an associate in K&L Gates' Houston office. He is a member of the Pharma and BioPharma Litigation practice group. His primary area of focus is Hatch-Waxman…
Prior to joining the firm, Rachel served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Martin R. Barash at…
Mr. Bloom has counseled companies and…
Professional Background
Mr. Blue was a summer associate at K&L Gates in 2017. Prior to joining K&L Gates, he worked in…
Caroline has…
As part of his practice, Bradley represents both registered and private…
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His experience has been gained through time as…
TJ focuses his practice on counseling investment advisers…
Ketajh Brown is an associate at the firm’s Chicago office. He is a member of the Complex…
He advises on banking and…
Kelly previously served as a summer associate in…
Professional Background
Prior to…
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Butera was a judicial intern for the honorable John J.…
Olivia spearheads the firm's U.S. Economic…
His experience…
Steven’s practice covers all facets of business litigation…
Primary Practice
Health Care
Secondary Practices
Health Care Fraud and…
As a European and Italian…
Ryan Carney is a Government Affairs Advisor in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office and a member of the Public Policy and Law practice.
Daniel was a Summer Associate with K&L Gates in 2019. Prior to re-…
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Cartmell…
Prior to joining the firm, Melania gained…
Julien represents institutional and private equity funds and other investors in…
Mr. de Rohan Chabot regularly provides legal…
Prior to joining K&L Gates, Mr. Chang was a legal associate at the chambers of one of Asia’s foremost arbitrators, where he acted…
Prior to joining the firm, Roberta served as a Partner at the Shanghai office of an…
Mr. Charlesworth advises on a range of regulatory and compliance issues relevant to…
Primary Practice
Labor, Employment and Workplace Safety
Professional Background…
Ms. Choice was the first person selected as a Pitt Law / K&L…
Advising on day-to-day…
Hugo has advised clients on a range of regulatory and compliance issues relevant to financial advisers…
Guillermo combines his…
Ms. Cole has extensive experience advising on UK immigration law and has…
Clarissa advises corporates and individuals on multi-jurisdictional…
Mr. Coleman acts for a variety of real estate clients from the larger investor and occupier to the…
He advises tax-exempt clients on a…
Ms. Connell’s practice includes estate planning; trust and estate administration;…
Prior to joining the firm, Andrew worked as a solicitor for a…
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Ms. Copley works with…
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Mr. Crowley represents…
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Prior to joining the firm, Savannah served…
She graduated with her J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2016 where she was a member of the…
Litigation - Tom’s litigation experience involves matters relating to commercial litigation,…
Geoffrey has extensive experience in private equity,…
Samantha’s practice focuses on buying and selling renewable energy…
Prior to joining the firm, Andrew was vice president and…
Kamini began her legal career at the firm, where she…
Professional Background
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Dillman was a summer associate in the firm’s Boston office in 2015. In…
Abby Dinegar is a government affairs analyst in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. She is a member of the Public Policy and Law practice group.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Prior to…
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Dollar was judicial law clerk for the Honorable Roanne L. Mann of the United States District…
Michael previously represented the 18th District of…
Etienne Drouard, K&L Gates partner in the Paris office, focuses on intellectual property, information technology, online services and data protection. Mr. Drouard also assists…
Her practice focuses on investment management, venture capital investment, and cross-border M&A. Since 2007, Chloe has advised…
Mr. Dunlop has a broad range of experience protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights, and is a registered…
Jon-Luc has 20 years of experience in the asset management industry,…
Prior to joining the firm as an associate, Josh worked at an…
As a leading lawyer advising the renewable energy industry in Australia and the UK for more…
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Dussert was a…
Prior to joining K&L Gates, Mr…
Gemma completed her training contract at K&L Gates, where she…
Prior to joining the firm, Brianna…
She also…
His practice is focused on launching private investment…
Michael was a summer associate at K&L Gates…
Prior to joining the firm as an associate,…
He draws on his work in private practice with buy-side clients and…
She also…
Natalie joined K&L Gates in January 2023. Previously,…
Mr. Fialkow…
K&L Gates, a global firm with locations on five continents, has a team of lawyers with vast experience assisting clients in navigating the regulatory, policy, and business issues…
Dr. Olaf Fiss is a counsel in the firm’s Berlin office. He advises national and international companies on all aspects of IP and IT law, including copyright, media, trademark,…
She is experienced in dealing with a wide range of employment matters including executive…
Prior to joining the firm, Martin served as the…
Chrissie qualified as a solicitor in September 2020, having completed her…
Professional Background
Mr. Francisco previously served as…
Prior to joining the firm, Lukus was a summer…
Mr. Froio focuses primarily…
Declan completed his training contract at K&L Gates during which…
*Not admitted in North Carolina
This is a temporary biography. A…
Professional Background
Prior to joining K&L Gates in 2020, Mr Garfinkel worked as a corporate lawyer in a…
Education
J.D., University of…
Prior to joining the firm, Lea served as a clinical student for a…
Primary Practice
Commercial Technology and Sourcing
Education
J.D., Melbourne School of Law University…
Cal focuses his practice on representing open and closed-end investment management…
Mr. Giordano’s insurance coverage practice is limited to…
Prior to joining the firm, Valeria was an…
Makda was a summer associate at K&L…
Ms. Gong adopts a proactive, focused and client oriented approach to her work. She is passionate about achieving…
This is a temporary biography. A complete…
As a member of the firm’s consumer financial service and financial services litigation…
Mr. Graham is a Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Rights Civil and Criminal).
James joined K&L Gates in 2021 and rotated through the Policy and Regulatory, Real…
His practice covers a broad range of corporate areas, including public company takeovers,…
Kira previously completed the Summer Vacation Scheme at the firm. She worked with both the intellectual property and…
Prior to joining the firm, Spencer was an associate at a Nashville-…
Amy advises all manner of financial industry clients…
This is a temporary biography. A complete…
Her practice focuses on advising tax-…
Her employment law practice involves representing employers before administrative…
Areas of Focus
Complex Commercial Litigation…
Prior to joining the firm, Aurelija served as…
He has a wealth of experience advising clients on merger clearance, joint ventures and on…
Professional/…
Prior to joining the firm, Maricé served as an associate…
This is a temporary biography. A complete biography will be available…
Mr. Halverson focuses on…
Mr. Hardin represents a…
He has more than 40 years of experience advising U.S. and foreign tax-exempt organizations –…
Melissa is experienced in many phases of patent…
Jonah Heemstra is an associate at K&L Gates' Chicago office. He is a member of the IP Litigation practice group.
Professional Background
Prior to joining K&L Gates, Jonah…
Prior to joining the firm, Mr.…
Ruth has a wealth of experience in advising prominent global asset managers on the set…
In…
Christopher counsels high technology companies on the development of…
Professional Background
Prior to joining the…
Professional Background
Previously, Ms.…
Prior to joining the firm Haley served as a legal…
Prior to joining the firm Brian served as a law clerk at the U…
He has experience advising on contentious and non-contentious…
Nelson Hua is an intellectual property litigator in the firm’s Chicago office. His practice focuses on…
Cormac Hughes is an associate in the firm’s Boston office. He is a member of the Asset…
Courtney Hunter is a trainee solicitor in the firm’s London office. She is a member of the Construction and Infrastructure practice group.
Professional Background
Prior to joining…
Alex’s practice focuses on estate planning and trust and estate…
In the area of employment law, Ms. Hurtado…
Since 2002…
Stacey Hyman focuses her practice on commercial disputes and insurance coverage, specifically health care and ERISA disputes. Stacey’s experience includes…
He has been involved with various patent matters, including the conducting of…
Jamie Jackson is a partner in…
Mr. Jang’s…
Christine Jochim is a partner in…
*Admission is pending in Washington, D.C. / Supervised by David…
Ms. Johnson…
During law school, France was a summer associate at another international law…
This is a temporary biography. A complete…
Dhivya has also completed pro…
Ms. Kayser litigates and counsels clients including international…
Ryan’s practice focuses on high-stakes media and…
Prior to joining the firm, Derek…
Bree…
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Simon advises clients on a range of regulatory and compliance issues relevant to…
Rebecca Kim is an…
He began his career at K&L Gates as a Paralegal in the IP team, where he excelled at trade mark portfolio management. Pete…
Joanna provides legal assistance and support to clients in…
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Kumar served as a…
Prior to joining the firm, Sarah served as a senior associate at an international law…
With over four decades of environmental law…
Alongside his general banking and finance work, he concentrates his practice on restructuring & insolvency…
Ruth Lecher is an associate at K&L Gates and a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation practice group. She focuses on Fine Art and Cultural Property practice.
Ruth…
Louisa joined K&L Gates' as a seasonal clerk in the Corporate group, before…
Education
J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2014
B.A., New…
Emma has a varied litigation and international arbitration practice, acting…
Prior to joining the firm, Ke Jia trained at an…
This is a temporary biography. A complete biography will be available soon.
Primary…
Mr. Logan was previously a judicial extern to the Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez of the United States District Court for the…
Ms. Louden’s practice covers a broad range of tax issues, including estate…
After spending years defending medical device and pharmaceutical…
Lysondra Ludwig is counsel in the firm’s Seattle office and a member of the…
He holds a Master of Laws…
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Mack was a…
Professional Background
Ms. Maidman was a summer…
Prior to joining the firm, Melissa served as…
Her professional background lies in financial services, specifically funds management, corporate advisory…
Prior to joining the firm, Matthew served as the…
Primary Practice…
Prior to joining the firm, Matilde worked in…
Prior to joining the firm, Hannah served as an attorney at a…
Ms. Marsh’s work covers merger…
Prior to joining the firm, Brianna served…
Mr. Martinez most recently served as the Chief of the…
Admitted only in…
He provides advice on financial services law and regulation…
Elias is a member of the Beirut Bar Association since 2006 and has…
Prior to joining the firm as a full-time associate, Amanda served as a…
Ben…
Mr. McCormick…
She focuses her practice on advising investment…
Prior to joining the firm, Kate served as a programme coordinator for an education start up. Kate additionally was a legal…
She has experience representing clients who are confronting internal or external…
Prior to joining the firm, Julia was a summer…
He has experience in structuring and executing a variety…
Professional Background
Mr. McKeegan served…
Ms. Meer structures private…
Prior to…
Prior to joining the firm, Inês served as…
Professional Background
Prior to joining the firm, Aaron served as a tax associate for a…
Prior to joining the firm, Natacha was an associate…
Alban has also developed particular…
James primarily represents clients on white collar and government enforcement matters. James has particular…
Nita has experience of commercial international arbitration,…
Professional Background
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Mkrtchian served as…
Olivia Mora is an associate at the firm’s Houston office. She is a member of the oil, gas & resources practice group.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Ms. Mora served as a summer…
Michelle advises European…
Prior to joining the firm, Ryan spent a year working as a…
Ruby also maintains an active pro bono practice…
Education
J.D., Cornell Law School, 2016, (Editor, Cornell Law Review)
B.A., University of Washington, 2012
Admissions…
Ali regularly advises public companies and their compensation committees on executive compensation matters.
In addition, Ali…
Prior to joining the firm as a trainee, Christina spent time at K…
In the intellectual property area…
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Naylor interned at K&L Gates in 2013. In addition, she…
Lucas focuses on commercial, regulatory and contractual work.…
While attending law school, Ms. Niosi was an Associate Editor of the Fordham Law Review and co-founder of the Art Law…
John has more than a decade of public and private sector energy policy and…
Evelyn A. Norton is an associate at the firm’s Raleigh office where she is a member…
Todd has defended class actions on behalf of…
She has acted on behalf of hospitals, health-care providers and other state…
Professional Background
Ms O'Hara joined K&L Gates as a summer clerk and then as a graduate gaining…
Aiden is a regulatory lawyer who represents…
Education
J.D., Suffolk University Law…
On the financing side, Jaime has experience dealing with a range of…
the formation of joint ventures including…
Prior to joining the firm Megan served as…
Stephen has advised a myriad of clients across the health care…
Prior to joining the firm, Prudence worked as an intern at several international law firms in Hong Kong and mainland…
Dana currently represents…
Ms. Parker was a K&L Gates summer associate in 2013.
J.D., University of…
Education
J.D., Columbia Law School, 2015, (James Kent Scholar; Editor-in-Chief, Columbia…
She provides legal assistance both in and out of court, with particular…
Prior to joining the firm, Lou served as chief legal…
Education
J.D., University of Washington School of Law, 2018, High Honors in Law
B.S., Northwestern University, 2015, summa…
Mr. Peckinpaugh has represented clients for thirty years in all aspects of…
Emanuel joined K&L Gates as a summer clerk and…
Nick has more than 20 years of…
Scott represents private fund sponsors and investors…
Areas of Focus
Asset…
Prior to joining K&L Gates, Mr. Phelps was an associate at another Seattle law…
Mike Phillips is an associate in K&L Gates' Charleston office…
Chris’ practice focuses on advising sponsors of…
Professional Background
Prior to joining the…
Prior to joining the firm Devon served in the…
Chase Ponder is an associate…
Areas of Focus
Corporate Tax
Professional Background
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Power…
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Purpuro served as senior policy advisor…
Donela focuses her practice on representing open and…
acquisitions and disposals of residential, retail, commercial and agricultural land
retail,…
Myla concentrates her practice in health law, representing health…
corporate relocations and major operations leases, including…
Prior to joining the firm, George served…
Prior to joining the firm, Oliver…
Ellen joined K&L Gates in 2018 as a…
Jeffrey helps clients resolve litigation across a…
Having…
Professional Background
During law…
Professional Background
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Roberts…
His practice focuses on achieving the best commercial legal…
Justin’s practice involves the…
Zanda completed her training contract at K&L Gates, during which she gained…
With a…
Areas of Focus
Health Care and FDA
Food, Drugs, Medical Devices…
Aaron Russ is an associate in the…
Mr. Rybicki recently served in the…
Prior to arriving in London, Edward was with the firm’s…
Claudine…
Patrick is one of Australia’s…
Prior to joining K&L Gates, Mr. Santo was an associate with a Richmond, Virginia-based health care law firm. He…
Mr. Scanlon advises and represents both large and small clients on a…
Ronie spent the first part of her career at an international law firm defending…
She advises clients in matters related to information…
He focuses on the structuring and implementation of cross-border investments, reorganizations and financing, and…
Kevin Schoonveld is an associate in the K&L Gates' Charleston office and a member…
Estate Planning and Trusts & Estates: Including multi-generation structures, family partnerships, corporate…
Talia began with the firm as part of the graduate…
Jordan began his legal career at the firm, where he…
Prior to joining the firm Elodie served as an associate at the France office of a…
Ms. Seoud has experience in public capital markets, including initial public offerings (IPO) on the…
Francesco assists some of…
Professional Background
Ms. …
Ben assists a broad range of global clients in both the private funds and registered funds…
She has represented an array of underwriters on numerous equity…
Professional Background
Previously, Ms. Song was a…
Antoine Southern is an associate in the K&L Gates' Charlotte office. He is a member…
Mr. Starke concentrates on financial regulation.…
Mr. Stoner served as a summer associate at the firm where he…
Primary Practice
Labor, Employment and Workplace Safety
Education
J.D., University of Washington School of Law…
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Stynen served as an attorney for…
Areas of Focus …
Kevin was a summer associate at the firm…
Prior to joining the firm, Andrew was a vice…
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Tan served as general counsel at a…
This is a temporary biography. A complete biography will be available…
Prior to joining the firm, Natalie served as an…
Federal and State Tax: Ms. Templeton…
In her commercial litigation…
Chimera counsels clients on a wide range of federal energy…
Mr. Tipple is…
Jin has a broad experience in counseling clients through…
Mr. Torbøl’s competition experience includes…
Representative Experience
Represented client on pro bono basis in…
Professional Background
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Valentine…
Prior to joining the…
He…
Prior to joining the firm Eric served as…
Alex previously completed the summer vacation scheme at the firm. He…
Chris' experience includes biotechnology, medical devices, pharmaceuticals…
He has over 17 years of professional experience in the Luxembourg asset management,…
Professional Background
Prior to joining the firm, Macie was a summer associate in the…
James advises clients on the prosecution of patents in most technology sectors including organic chemistry,…
Mr. Wallace advises on a broad range of transactions, including public and private fundraisings, private and…
Ms. Walsh focuses her practice on…
Prior to joining the firm, David clerked for the…
Primary Practice
Complex Commercial…
He has…
Since 1978, she has worked with states, state agencies, public…
She is a member of the banking and finance law (restructuring and insolvency law) practice group and the…
In addition to his expertise in drafting and negotiating EPC agreements, power purchase agreements…
Ms. White has extensive…
Prior to joining the firm, Kaitlin…
Public Sector…
As a member of the firm’s consumer financial services and financial services litigation practice groups, Ms.…
Prior to joining the firm Ewa served as an associate…
His experience includes advising companies throughout the initial public offering process, assisting public companies with Exchange…
Prior to joining the firm, Amy served as a…
Prior to joining the firm, Janet served a registered foreign lawyer at…
This is a temporary biography. A complete…
Clients turn to Andrew for his pragmatic legal advice, sharp instincts,…
Chris has experience in all phases of…
Aiko has over two decades experience in the legal…
He focuses his practice on IP creation…
Prior to joining the firm Grace practiced in various…
Professional Background
Prior to joining the firm, Ms.…
He brings significant experience to…
In the ERISA Fiduciary practice area, Ms. Zanotti…
She focuses her practice on labor, employment and…
Prior to joining the firm,…
K&L Gates LLP is selected for a 2021 NLR Go-To Thought Leadership Award for their coverage of the varying rules and regulations related to COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave. The article, “COVID-19: California Extends COVID-19 Supplement Paid Sick Leave and Includes Vaccinations” authored by Eugene C. Ryu and Gregory T. Lewis was one of the firm's most-read articles, demonstrating their expertise on employment law matters stemming from the pandemic. Given the uncertainty caused by COVID-19 for employers and employees alike, NLR appreciates the authors' thoughtful analysis of California's sick leave and vaccination policies.
K&L Gates LLP has been selected for the 2018 NLR Go-To Thought Leadership award for their coverage of the Delaware Chancery Court on their Delaware Docket blog. The attorney-authors at K&L Gates consistently cover Delaware Chancery Court developments and provide in-depth legal analysis of the Court’s decisions; identifying trends and unpacking the impact for NLR readers and the corporations they represent. You can subscribe to the K&L Gates blog, the Delaware Docket, here.