K&L Gates
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.
Contributing authors from K&L Gates:
Partner Mr. Abbott is a corporate lawyer who focuses on technology, telecommunications and broadcasting transactions. He assists corporations and vendors in managing their technology requirements...
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Partner Mr. Alexander concentrates in banking, investment company, broker-dealer and investment adviser law. He formerly served as Primary Outside Counsel to the National Society of Compliance...
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Associate Mr. Ali is an associate in the firm’s litigation group. His practice includes products liability, toxic tort, insurance coverage, and appellate litigation.
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Government Affairs Advisor Scott Aliferis is a government affairs advisor in the firm's Washington, D.C., office. He focuses on federal funding issues as well as policy matters involving energy, transportation, the...
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Partner Joel Almquist counsels clients on a full range of domestic and cross-border tax issues. Mr. Almquist advises clients on the tax aspects of public and private asset management transactions...
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Partner Susan Altman navigates businesses through the complexities of today’s technology-enabled commercial transactions in order to help lower costs and improve revenues. Ms. Altman helps clients...
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Partner Ms. Ambler has substantial experience in financial institution regulation under federal securities laws, including the USA PATRIOT Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and has testified as an...
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Practice Area Leader - Financial Services Mr. Amorosi is a partner in K&L Gates' Investment Management Group and is based in the firm's Washington, DC office. His practice focuses on investment management and securities law...
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Attorney Mr. Andersen is a senior corporate lawyer with a focus on commercial, technology and sourcing projects. He has advised on large scale outsourcing projects, technology agreements for both...
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Partner Mr. Kennedy has broad ranging experience covering general contract, commercial law and litigation, with a specific focus on workplace relations and workplace safety. He has worked closely...
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Partner Allen Bachman is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He advises clients on all aspects of antitrust law, representing companies in merger clearance proceedings and other...
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Associate Connor Baer is an associate in the firm’s Pittsburgh office.
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Partner Mr. Baird is a partner in the Raleigh office and focuses his practice on environmental matters, including litigation and regulatory matters, and environmental aspects of real estate,...
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Government Affairs Advisor Mary Burke Baker is a government affairs advisor in the Washington, D.C. office. Mary focuses on federal tax matters affecting businesses—including domestic and multi-national corporations...
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Associate Erica Bakies is an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. She works with both the Antitrust, Competition & Trade Regulation practice group and the Government Contracts &...
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Ms. Baldi is a corporate and regulatory lawyer with a focus on the healthcare and life sciences services industries. Ms. Baldi advises clients on a range of issues including commercial...
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Associate Alexandre Balducci is an associate in the Paris office. He is a member of the IP Procurement and Portfolio Management and Emerging Growth and Venture Capital practices. Prior to joining K...
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Partner George Barbatsuly focuses his practice in employment and labor law, where he counsels management on a wide variety of related issues and assists in the representation of clients in...
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Associate Julien Barbey is an associate in the firm’s New York office.
Professional Background
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Barbey was a summer associate in the firm’s New York office in 2015. In...
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Partner Mr. Barge’s practice is a unique blend of domestic and cross-border corporate and business tax planning and transactional expertise coupled with a robust tax controversy and litigation...
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Special Counsel Mr. Cachia is a corporate transaction and project lawyer with a wealth of experience in various industries including energy, infrastructure and natural resources projects.
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Financial Services Policy Director Giovanni Campi is financial services policy director in the Brussels office. Mr. Campi, a non-lawyer, has experience of assisting with advocacy strategy, policy analysis, and interest...
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Counsel Francesco Carloni is a counsel in the firm’s Brussels and Milan offices where he is a member of the antitrust, competition & trade regulation practice group.
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Partner Mr. Carlson practices corporate law, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and complex strategic relationships. He has served as general counsel for national and...
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Government Affairs Advisor Ms. Carnevale is a government affairs advisor in the firm’s Boston and Washington, D.C. offices. Her practice focuses on healthcare policy, labor and employment issues and economic...
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Partner Charlie Carter’s practice includes the organization, financing, and general corporate counseling of startup and growth-stage companies. Charlie works extensively with technology companies,...
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Senior Associate Mr. Casinader is a Senior Associate in Melbourne's intellectual property team with a range of experience protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights. This experience includes...
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Associate Alessia Castelli is an associate in the firm’s Milan office. She concentrates her practice on intellectual property and information technology. She also acquired extensive experience in...
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Associate Rebecca Cavin is an intellectual property associate focusing on patent litigation. She has a background in mechanical engineering and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and...
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Associate Jacquelyn (“Jackie”) Celender is an associate in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. She concentrates her law practice in the area of commercial litigation, with a particular focus in the...
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Senior Associate Gabriela da Costa is a senior associate in K&L Gates’s London office where she is a member of the antitrust, competition & trade regulation practice group.
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Partner Mr. Dale, a partner in K&L Gates' Boston office, concentrates his practice on matters of bankruptcy and insolvency. He has extensive experience representing troubled companies, equity...
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Partner Andrew Danson is a partner in the firm's London office. He is a commercial and regulatory lawyer and concentrates his practice on sports, gambling and broadcasting related matters. He has...
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Partner Ed Dartley is a partner in the firm’s New York office where he is a member of the Investment Management, Hedge Funds and Alternative Investments practice group. Mr. Dartley concentrates his...
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Partner Ms. Davis is a partner in the Research Triangle Park office. She focuses her practice exclusively on health law, primarily representing academic medical centers, health systems, hospitals,...
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Attorney Hillary Daw is an associate in the Charlotte office of K&L Gates.
She graduated with her J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2016 where she was a member of the...
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Senior Associate Camilla de Moraes is a senior associate in the Energy, Infrastructure and Resources group in the firm’s London office. She focuses on disputes arising out of complex construction,...
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Practice Area Leader — Labor, Employment & Workplace Safety Ms. DeBoos is a Practice Area Leader of the global Labour, Employment and Workplace Safety practice. She is an experienced employment and industrial relations lawyer who focuses on advice...
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Associate Thomas DeCesar is an associate in the firm’s Harrisburg office. He focuses his practice on:
Litigation - Tom’s litigation experience involves matters relating to commercial litigation,...
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Associate Ruth Delaney is an associate in the firm’s Los Angeles office. She focuses her practice on advising domestic and offshore private fund advisers on organizational, regulatory, and compliance...
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The K&L Gates e-Discovery Analysis & Technology (e-DAT) group delivers creative, efficient, and cost-effective records management, e-discovery, and litigation readiness services to...
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Partner Jim Earle focuses his practice on counseling publicly traded companies and other complex employers on matters related to executive compensation. Mr. Earle’s clients operate globally in a...
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Special Counsel Ms. Edwards has extensive experience advising major trading and investment banks, syndicates, funds and public companies in relation to various high profile and complex financial...
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Partner Ms. Egan is an intellectual property partner with experience in enforcing and defending intellectual property rights, including trade marks, copyright, registered designs, confidential...
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Associate Francesca Eick is an associate in the Seattle office.
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Partner on Eisenberg is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He focuses on representing financial institutions and individuals in enforcement matters, litigation, and internal...
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Associate Alexa Ekman is an associate in the firm’s Orange County office and is a member of the corporate practice group. Her practice is focused on general corporate and securities law, including...
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The K&L Gates e-Discovery Analysis & Technology (e-DAT) group delivers creative, efficient, and cost-effective records management, e-discovery, and litigation readiness services to...
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Associate Christina Elles is an associate in the firm’s Seattle office. Prior to joining K&L Gates, Ms. Elles was a Rule 9 licensed legal intern for University of Washington Student Legal...
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Senior Associate Ms. Elliott's practice focuses on workplace health and safety, including the provision of training, pre-emptive compliance advice and incident response strategies and implications.
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Lawyer Ms. Fabricius is a lawyer in the Antitrust, Competition and Trade Regulation group. She has experience advising on issues arising under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and the...
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Associate Alessandra Feller is an associate in the firm’s Milan office. She concentrates her practice on corporate law, information technology, industrial and intellectual property.
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Special Counsel Ms. Ferrier brings a depth and breadth of experience to her role across both private legal practice and in-house in senior human resources, industrial relations and change management roles...
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Partner David Fialkow is a partner in the firm’s Boston office. He focuses his practice in commercial litigation, consumer finance litigation, class actions, and appellate advocacy.
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Partner Mark Filipini is a partner focusing on labor and employment issues. Mark counsels private and public employers on a wide variety of workplace issues, including labor/management relations,...
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Partner David R. Fine is an appellate lawyer with broad experience in both federal and state courts. He has practiced in the Second, Third, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh federal circuits; the...
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Partner Christopher Finnerty is a partner in the firm’s Boston office where he leads a multidisciplinary, multinational team which represents clients in antitrust, distribution, and intellectual...
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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...
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Senior Associate Ms. Fitzpatrick is an experienced employment, industrial relations and workplace safety lawyer.
She is experienced in dealing with a wide range of employment matters including executive...
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Associate Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Flanigan was a summer associate in the firm’s Pittsburgh office in 2015. During law school, she was an in-house corporate legal extern for Nationwide Children...
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Associate Varsha Gadani is an associate in the firm’s Research Triangle Park office, where she is a member of the healthcare practice group. She has experience representing hospitals, behavioral...
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Partner Mr. Gaffney has extensive experience in advising corporate clients on capital markets including initial public offerings (IPOs) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), other capital...
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Associate Andrew Gahan is an associate in the firm’s Orange County office. Mr. Gahan joined K&L Gates in January 2015 and has experience working closely with the Corporate/M&A, Commercial...
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Partner Ms. Tor’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation, arbitration, and appellate practice, primarily in the areas of product liability, construction litigation, and commercial litigation...
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Associate Ms. Garraux is an experienced commercial litigator. Her practice focuses on business and commercial litigation, including contract and business tort disputes, shareholder governance matters...
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Partner Ms. Garvie represents transportation, media, retail, and other business clients before the Congress and federal agencies on issues dealing with economic, safety, and security regulation,...
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Associate Trevor Gates is an associate in the firm’s Seattle office. His two main areas of practice are Technology Transactions and Pharma and BioPharma Litigation.
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Partner Josh Gaul is a partner in the firm’s Seattle office and is a member of the corporate practice group. He focuses his practice on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions,...
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Associate Łukasz Gembiś is an Associate in the Warsaw office's Dispute Resolution Practice. His practice focuses on commercial and construction litigation (i.a. the FIDIC contracts), public...
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Partner Jacob Ghanty is a partner at the firm’s London office, where he is a member of the Investment Management, Hedge Funds and Alternative Investments practice group. He concentrates his...
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Associate Joshua A. Haft is an associate in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He focuses his practice on emerging growth companies and venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and general...
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Partner Mr. Hagan practices in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, with a particular focus on representing policyholders with respect to insurance...
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Senior Associate Mr. Hales is an experienced construction lawyer advising clients on a range of contentious matters in the construction, infrastructure and energy sectors. His practice focuses on dispute...
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Special Counsel Inga Hall is Special Counsel in the Construction and Engineering practice group. She deals with both contentious and non-contentious work. Her practice focuses on UK and international...
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Associate Erik Halverson is an associate in the Chicago office, a PTO-registered patent attorney, and a member of the IP Procurement and Portfolio Management practice group.
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Partner Spencer Hamer focuses his practice on labor and employment matters including wage and hour, discrimination, harassment, executive agreements, leaves of absence, disability, retaliation,...
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Associate Mark Hammes is a corporate associate in the firm’s Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on general corporate and securities law, including mergers and acquisitions, public and private...
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Partner Mr. Hanna has a particular focus on equity capital markets, private equity, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions. He represents numerous corporate clients seeking to list on the...
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Associate Ashby Hardesty is an associate in the corporate group of the firm’s New York office. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, transactional work, and general corporate matters.
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Partner Mr. Hardin handles a broad range of complex commercial litigation matters, insurance coverage actions and litigation related to real estate and land use issues.
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K&L Gates’ Intellectual Property Litigation practice is a sophisticated, worldwide enterprise with experience in all aspects of IP litigation. Our clients include those protecting...
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Partner Erica Jackson is a partner in the firm’s Research Triangle Park, NC and Charleston, SC offices and a member of the Food, Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics and Health Care practice groups...
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Partner Julia Jacobson is a partner in the Boston office of K&L Gates LLP. Ms. Jacobson’s practice focuses on privacy and data protection and marketing, advertising and promotions. She has...
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Administrative Partner Maciej Jamka is an advocate practicing in all areas of Polish law, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and litigation. He is a member of the litigation and...
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Associate James Jang is an intellectual property lawyer with an advanced degree in materials science and engineering. He focuses his practice on patent litigation and prosecution.
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Junior Associate Natalia Jarząbek is a lawyer and junior associate at the Warsaw office of the K&L Gates. She focuses on the area of widely understood intellectual property law, in particular copyright...
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Associate Eric Jay is an associate in the firm’s Seattle office. His practice focuses on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financings, emerging growth...
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Junior Associate Dominika Jędrzejczyk, a graduate of law at the University of Warsaw, PhD candidate, works as Junior Associate in the K&L Gates office in Warsaw. She is mostly occupied with proceedings...
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Associate Gina A. Jenero is an associate in the Chicago office. Ms. Jenero is a part of the firm's intellectual property and commercial disputes groups. She will focus her practice on patent...
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Associate Abraham Johns is an associate at the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He is a member of the oil & gas practice group.
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Partner Adrian Jonca is a partner in the firm’s Warsaw office. He focuses his practice on tax matters and has extensive experience in tax litigation proceedings at both the trial and appellate...
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Associate Max Kaplan is an associate in the firm’s New York office practicing in the Commercial Disputes practice group. Mr. Kaplan has represented both individuals and corporate clients in an array...
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Partner Mr. Kaplan concentrates his practice in litigation and representation before courts and administrative agencies, with particular emphasis on antitrust, economic regulation, energy, and...
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Associate Amanda Katlowitz is an associate in the firm’s New York office.
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Partner Ms. Katz practices in the areas of securities, mergers and acquisitions, finance and general corporate matters, focusing on providing day-to-day client support and coordination of...
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Associate David Kelch is a fifth year associate in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. His practice is concentrated in a number of different areas, including complex commercial litigation, government...
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Associate Daniel Kelly-Stallings is an associate in the firm’s Seattle office. He practices in the areas of environmental law, commercial litigation, trusts & estates, and constitutional issues....
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Senior Associate Sean Kelsey is a senior associate in the dispute resolution and litigation department of the firm’s London office. He has represented clients in a wide range of domestic and international...
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Associate Benjamin Kendall is an associate in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He focuses his practice on corporate and transactional law related to mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts,...
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Lawyer Ms. Kenna is a labour, employment and workplace safety lawyer. She has assisted clients across a range of industries, including the healthcare, aviation, construction and sporting...
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Associate Calvin Kennedy is an associate in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He focuses his practice on a wide range of corporate and transactional matters related to mergers and acquisitions, debt and...
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Associate Ms. Lacy’s practice focuses on commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation, and government enforcement actions (defense, investigations, and compliance). She assists clients in...
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Of Counsel Ms. Laird practices in the area of financial institutions law. Her clients are commercial banks, trust companies, savings banks, savings associations and their holding companies. Her...
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Partner Dawn M. Lamparello concentrates her practice in environmental law, including related litigation and regulatory compliance work concerning various state and federal environmental laws,...
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Associate Annamarie Larson is an associate in the Seattle office of K&L Gates. Her primary concentration is in domestic and international investments in private equity funds, hedge funds,...
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Partner Karol Lasocki PhD is a member of the global energy and environmental protection practice as well as the global competition practice. He heads the innovative energy and environmental...
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Associate Dominic Lau is an associate in the Hong Kong office of K&L Gates. He has practised in Hong Kong since 2009, focusing on litigation before the Hong Kong courts, international arbitration...
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Government Affairs Advisor Tracy Lawless is a government affairs advisor in the firm’s Pittsburgh and Harrisburg offices, where she is a member of the Public Policy and Law practice group. She concentrates her...
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Partner Jonathan Lawrence has been a finance partner in the London office since 2005.
Alongside his general banking and finance work, he concentrates his practice on restructuring & insolvency...
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Counsel Mr. Lawton concentrates his practice in general corporate/business matters, commercial and construction litigation, gaming law, bankrutpcy, and internal investigations. His practice...
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Associate Mr. Leahy is an associate in the firm’s Research Triangle Park office and focuses his practice exclusively in health law, primarily representing academic medical centers, hospital systems,...
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Associate Tad Macfarlan is an associate in the firm’s Environment, Land and Natural Resources practice group. Mr. Macfarlan counsels the firm’s industrial, energy, utility and commercial sector...
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Associate Tami Mack is an associate in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. She focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Mack was a...
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Partner Bruce MacLennan is a lawyer in the KL Gates New York office and a member of the Investment Management, Hedge Funds and Alternative Investments practice group. Mr. MacLennan counsels clients...
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Partner Mr. Madden focuses his practice on employment law and class action matters. He advises employers on various issues, including wage and hour payment and compliance and compensation plan...
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Senior Associate Ewelina Madej (Legal Advisor) is an Associate in K&L Gates' Warsaw office experienced in representing both multinational and domestic clients in various areas of law, especially in:...
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Attorney Dennis Majewski is a PTO-registered patent attorney with an advanced degree in electrical and computer engineering. Mr. Majewski has a comprehensive patent protection practice serving multi...
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Partner Amanda Makki is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. She focuses her practice on health care legislative and regulatory issues and advocacy including drug pricing, health care...
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Partner Mr. Makris is a workplace health and safety and environmental law practitioner. His particular focus is advising and representing large companies and their management in industrial,...
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Riccardo Malaguti is a trainee in the firm’s Milan office. He concentrates his practice mainly on corporate and commercial non-contentious matters, advising also on M&A transactions....
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Associate Mr. Man is an associate in the firm's investment management group and focuses his practice on advising investment advisers, closed-end funds (including exchange-traded closed-end funds,...
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Partner Ms. Nagle is a partner in the litigation department of the firm's Boston office. She concentrates her practice in complex commercial litigation, with emphases in financial institutions and...
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Associate Nicholas Nahum is an attorney in the firm’s Seattle office.
Education
J.D., Cornell Law School, 2016, (Editor, Cornell Law Review)
B.A., University of Washington, 2012
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Partner Mr. Naidu has extensive transactional, litigation and regulatory compliance experience involving a diverse set of environmental areas. He has advised clients in mergers and acquisitions,...
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Associate Margaux Nair is a registered patent attorney in the firm’s Chicago office. She has a background in biology, including a familiarity with plant genetics and biochemistry as well as research...
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Partner Mr. Nasson is a partner in the firm’s Boston office. His practice is focused on government enforcement, white collar criminal defense, securities enforcement, internal investigations,...
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Ms. Naylor is a trainee lawyer in the Investment Management department of the firm’s London office.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Naylor interned at K&L Gates in 2013. In addition, she...
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Government Affairs Specialist Elizabeth Nelli is a government affairs specialist in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, where she focuses on issues relating to international trade, tax, financial services and education.
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Partner Mr. Nelson practices in the area of complex commercial litigation, with a focus on commercial disputes, insurance coverage and consumer class action defense. Since he joined the Firm in...
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Associate Peter Nelson is an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, where he is a member of the Public Policy and Law practice group. Mr. Nelson assists clients in the development of...
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Associate Richard Nettles is an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Nettles focuses his practice on employee benefits, executive compensation, and related disclosure and corporate...
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Lawyer Mr. O'Callaghan has experience in a broad range of contentious and non-contentious construction law matters, including litigation, alternative dispute resolution and the preparation of...
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Attorney Ms. O'Dowd is an experienced lawyer with a focus on technology and sourcing projects. She advises on a broad range of technology transactions, including procurement, outsourcing and...
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Partner Michael O'Neil's practice focuses on international trade, security, information technology, privacy and federal policy. He advises foreign and domestic clients on both regulatory and...
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Associate Mike O’Neill is an associate in the firm’s Boston office and focuses his practice on energy, infrastructure, and natural resources issues. His practice deals primarily with energy and...
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Associate Emilie Oberlis is an associate in the firm’s New York office where she is a member of the Investment Management, Hedge Funds and Alternative Investments group. Ms. Oberlis focuses on the...
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Partner Linda Odom concentrates her practice on representing technology companies and technology users in licensing, software development, data processing outsourcing, intellectual property and e-...
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Associate Scott Ofrias is an associate in the firm’s Boston office, where he is a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation & Disputes practice group.
Education
J.D., Suffolk University Law...
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Partner Naomi Ogan is a corporate partner in the Seattle office. She focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financings, private securities offerings, and other corporate transactions...
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Partner Ms. Ohlenforst has a broad tax practice, and extensive experience in state and federal tax planning and controversy matters (including litigation) and in legislative work. Her dispute...
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Trainee Solicitor Solomon Olukoya is a trainee solicitor in the firm's London office. He is currently gaining experience in the Finance practice group, having previously gained experience in the Government...
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Partner Based in Washington, D.C., Karishma Shah Page is a member of K&L Gates’ Public Policy and Law Practice. Ms. Page concentrates her practice on federal legislative and regulatory policy,...
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Associate Lydia Parker is an associate in the Charlotte office and a member of the employee benefits practice group.
Ms. Parker was a K&L Gates summer associate in 2013.
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Associate Mr. Parks is an associate in the New York office and is a member of the corporate practice group.
Education
J.D., Columbia Law School, 2015, (James Kent Scholar; Editor-in-Chief, Columbia...
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Of Counsel Mr. Patent regularly counsels businesses with respect to commodity interest trading compliance and the legal requirements governing trading in over-the-counter derivatives and exchange-...
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Associate Michael Payant is an associate at the firm’s Seattle office.
Education
J.D., University of Washington School of Law, 2018, High Honors in Law
B.S., Northwestern University, 2015, summa...
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Partner Jessica Pearlman is a partner in the firm’s corporate group and resides in the Seattle office. Ms. Pearlman represents emerging and established companies in various corporate, securities,...
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Partner Tim Peckinpaugh’s practice focuses on energy, environmental, and natural resource legislative and funding issues.
Mr. Peckinpaugh has represented clients for thirty years in all aspects of...
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Partner Tara Pehush is a partner in the firm’s New York office. She focuses her practice on litigation matters, including commercial, toxic tort, products liability, and insurance. She has done...
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Of Counsel Mr. Pepe is a partner in the Harrisburg Office of K&L Gates where he concentrates his practice in: administrative law, particularly environmental, and health care issues, state and...
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Associate Gilbert Perales is an associate in the firm’s Dallas office.
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Mr. Qualls focuses his practice on representing health care clients. He litigates, arbitrates, and mediates healthcare disputes, including disputes involving the following issues:...
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Partner Mr. Ragalevsky deals with the business and regulatory issues of financial institutions – capital adequacy, safety and soundness, corporate governance, holding companies, third party...
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Partner Mr. Ranjan is a commercial litigator, whose practice focuses on energy/oil & gas, arbitration, class action defense, and appellate litigation. He has been selected by Chambers USA as...
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Partner David Raphael is a partner in the Environmental, Land and Natural Resources practice of the firm’s Harrisburg office. Prior to joining K&L Gates, Mr. Raphael served as Chief Counsel of...
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Associate Andrea Reed has eight years of experience representing technology companies in intellectual property and other complex commercial litigation. She also provides transactional counseling,...
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Associate Samuel Reger focuses his practice on litigation, with an emphasis on corporate criminal defense and complex commercial litigation in both state and federal court. His representations...
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Partner Andrew Reibman, a partner in K&L Gates' New York office and a registered patent attorney, advises clients regarding intellectual property issues. His practice spans the full range of...
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Associate Saman Rejali is a member of the firm’s labor and employment and commercial disputes practice groups. She represents management in all aspects of employment law, including employment related...
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Associate Elana Reman is an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
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Partner Remsen Kinne is a corporate partner in the firm's San Francisco office. Mr. Kinne represents private and public companies in structuring, negotiating and documenting international and...
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Partner Ms. Repp concentrates her practice primarily on corporate, transactional and securities matters. Ms. Repp has experience in representing publicly-traded and privately-held clients in...
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![]() Associate Zack Sager is an associate in the firm’s Wilmington office. He practices in the areas of alternative entities and general business, focusing primarily on issues relating to the utilization...
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![]() Associate Yuki Sako is an associate in the firm’s Tokyo office. She advises private funds, asset managers, broker-dealers, insurance companies and other financial institutions on a number of Japanese...
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![]() Administrative Partner (Milan) Giampaolo Salsi is the administrative partner of the firm’s Milan office. He focuses his practice on providing assistance in corporate and commercial law to Italian and foreign clients...
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![]() Associate Rachel Sanders is an associate in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. She focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters.
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![]() Partner Ms. Safro is a partner in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. She focuses her practice on regulatory, policy, and transactional issues related primarily to natural gas, liquefied natural...
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![]() Administrative Partner Edward Sangster is a partner in K&L Gates’ San Francisco office. He has more than 30 years of experience helping clients resolve complex business and environmental disputes through...
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![]() Partner Francesco Sanna is a partner in the firm’s Milan office. He focuses his practice in real estate investment and development as well as in engineering and construction matters, including the...
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![]() Associate Corbin Santo is an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
Prior to joining K&L Gates, Mr. Santo was an associate with a Richmond, Virginia-based health care law firm. He...
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![]() Counsel Brandy Sargent is counsel in the firm’s Portland office. She focuses her practice on providing legal services to agribusiness clients including producers, processors and handlers of...
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![]() Government Affairs Counselor Mr. Sartucci, a government affairs counselor in K&L Gates’ Washington, DC office, has over 13 years of practical experience on Capitol Hill working inside the legislative process on...
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Partner Ms. Tan is a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office. She practices in the areas of securities, corporate finance, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, funds and public and private...
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Of Counsel Christopher Tan is an Of Counsel in the firm’s Singapore office with over 15 years of practice experience. His areas of practice include corporate and commercial (with a focus on cross...
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Lawyer Mr. Tan is a commercial and regulatory lawyer with a focus on the financial services industry. He advises on a range of Australian regulatory and compliance issues relevant to FinTechs,...
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Partner Mr. Tan is a partner in the firm’s Singapore office. His practice is active in all areas of corporate and commercial law, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures...
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Lawyer Ms. Taylor is an intellectual property lawyer in the K&L Gates Sydney office. Her experience includes assisting in legal proceedings concerning patent and trademark infringement,...
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Associate Benjamin Tejblum is an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and focuses his practice on energy and infrastructure projects and transactions. Mr. Tejblum’s clients include...
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Partner Mr. Tejeda counsels clients on a wide range of tax matters associated with domestic and international business transactions. He focuses his practice primarily on tax planning in connection...
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Associate Nolan Thomas is a corporate associate in the firm’s Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on general corporate and securities law, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate...
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Associate Rikiya Thomas is an associate in the firm’s Houston office where her practice focuses on securities law, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. Ms. Thomas has represented both...
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Partner Ms. Thomas is a partner with a labor and employment practice. She focuses her practice on advice, counseling, representation and litigation, including class action litigation, in...
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Special Counsel Mr. Uren is an experienced lawyer and director of workplace relations, with a demonstrated history of working in the legal, government and education management industries. He is skilled in...
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Associate Mr. Vakili is a lawyer in the San Francisco office of K&L Gates LLP, a global law firm, where he represents emerging companies, investors, and individual entrepreneurs. Mr. Vakili’s...
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Associate Christopher Valente is an associate in the firm’s Boston office. Mr. Valente represents clients in state and federal courts throughout the United States and focuses on complex civil...
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David Valenti is an associate in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He focuses his practice on corporate and transactional law, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts,...
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Associate Mr. Valenti focuses his practice on regulatory compliance, internal investigations, and litigation. Many of his clients are involved with financial services, government contracting, health...
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Partner Mr. Valentine represents a wide variety of clients in a broad range of legislative, regulatory, administrative, litigation and government enforcement matters before the federal government...
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Associate Leanie van de Merwe is an associate working with the Doha office of K&L Gates. She recently joined the construction law and dispute resolution team, and assists with international, and...
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Associate John Van Deventer is an associate in the firm’s London office where he is a member of the Investment Management, Hedge Funds and Alternative Investments department.
Prior to joining the...
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Associate Jacob Vannette is an associate in the Chicago office and a PTO-registered patent attorney with a technical background in mechanical engineering and a concentration in thermal fluid systems...
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Partner Brian Vargo is a partner in the firm’s Pittsburgh office where he is member of the investment management practice group. He works with investment management firms and related enterprises,...
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Associate Caitlin Velasco is an associate in the Seattle office.Ms. Velasco was a summer associate at K&L Gates in 2015 and 2016. Prior to law school, Ms. Velasco worked in both the medical and...
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Associate Justin Waddell is an associate in our Pittsburgh office. His practice focuses on commercial disputes and insurance coverage litigation, with an emphasis on information privacy and...
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Of Counsel Mr. Wade concentrates his practice in investment management, ERISA, fiduciary, regulatory, and related securities and tax matters for financial institutions.
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Partner Owen Waft is resident in the United Arab Emirates and is a senior corporate partner in K&L Gates’ Dubai office. Owen has particular experience in international cross border M&A,...
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Associate Mr. Walker is an associate in the firm’s Charlotte office. He focuses his practice on environmental and regulatory matters, including environmental remediation, enforcement defense,...
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Allison Wallace is a lawyer in the Melbourne, Australia office of K&L Gates, working in the Commercial Technology and Sourcing Practice.
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Partner Tom Wallace is a partner in the corporate and transactional practice group.
Mr. Wallace advises on a broad range of transactions, including public and private fundraisings, private and...
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Partner Mr. Waller is an experienced litigator with a diverse litigation practice. His primary areas of practice involve toxic tort; products liability; and complex commercial claims. Mr. Waller...
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Government Affairs Counselor Mr. Walsh is a government affairs counselor in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives where he served from 1989 to 2009. During his tenure...
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Associate Leann Walsh is a senior associate in the firm’s Raleigh office where she is a member of the Labor, Employment & Workplace Safety practice group.
Ms. Walsh focuses her practice on...
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Partner Jason Walton practices in the area of taxation with a focus on transactions that produce federal and state tax credits. Mr. Walton represents investors and companies in connection with...
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Partner Ms. Zanotti is a partner in the investment management practice group, concentrating in the ERISA Fiduciary and Derivatives practice areas.
In the ERISA Fiduciary practice area, Ms. Zanotti...
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Partner Mr. Zaucha, a partner in K&L Gates’ Washington, D.C. office, concentrates his practice on international trade, representing a wide spectrum of multinational companies based both in and...
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Partner Ms. Zimmer focuses her practice on employee benefits. She has experience in a wide range of employee benefit and executive compensation issues, including issues related to corporate mergers...
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Senior Associate Michał Ziółkowski is a Senior Associate in the K&L Gates Warsaw office. He is a patent & trademark attorney in the intellectual property practice providing advice to clients on all...
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Partner Mr. Zornada practices investment management and securities law. He regularly represents investment advisers, open and closed-end investment companies and their boards of directors, and...
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