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:
Of Counsel Ahmad Nizam Abbas has acted for clients from diverse countries in cross-border disputes involving children and matrimonial assets. He has also represented various accused persons who were...
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Partner Feroze Abbas (Partner - qualified in 2003) advises on all aspects of planning and environmental law, local government vires and housing regulation. Feroze acts for and advises public bodies...
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Associate Jennifer Bruneau Abbey is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office where she is a member of the oil, gas & resources and banking & asset finance groups. She represents...
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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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Associate Zaid Abu-Shattal is an associate in the firm’s Dubai office. Zaid is a member of the corporate team with a focus on M&A, corporate restructuring and general corporate and commercial...
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Of Counsel David Aceto practices primarily in the areas of corporate and business law, with an emphasis on corporate governance and restructuring matters. He regularly advises on matters of corporate...
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Partner Jeffrey Acre maintains a corporate practice focusing on securities law matters, various financing transactions and mergers and acquisition transactions. Jeffrey has experience in...
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Junior Attorney Natali Adison is an attorney at the firm’s Brussels office. She is a member of the corporate/M&A and commercial technology and sourcing practice group.
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Senior Attorney Ms. Aggromito is a senior lawyer in the lawyer in the Melbourne commercial technology and sourcing team focusing on IT, privacy and data protection.
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Associate Pouya Ahmadi is an associate at the firm’s Seattle office. He is a member of the corporate/M&A practice group.
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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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Associate Shabana Baksh is an associate at the firm’s New York office. She is a member of the real estate practice group.
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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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Lawyer Mr. Bamin is a lawyer in the Brisbane Corporate and Transactional team. He has experience with the incorporation of new corporate entities, the establishment of trusts, the preparation of...
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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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Lawyer Eilish Cabban is a lawyer in the commercial litigation team. She has experience acting for a range of clients in the superannuation, insurance, finance and professional services sectors....
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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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Partner Mr. Callegari is a partner in the firm’s global labor, employment and workplace safety practice, helping international businesses to manage employment law issues in the UK and the EU. He is...
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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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Associate Francesca Cardillo is an associate at K&L Gates’s Chicago office. Ms. Cardillo practices with a variety of transactions to facilitate the effective management, transfer, and...
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Of Counsel Sarah Carlins is of counsel at the firm’s Pittsburgh office. She is a member of the health care practice group.
Primary Practice
Health Care
Secondary Practices
Health Care Fraud and...
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Partner Francesco Carloni is a partner 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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Partner Ms. Carnegie is a partner in the Melbourne corporate & transactional group and focuses her practice on mergers, acquisitions and disposals, contract preparation and negotiation, asset...
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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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Ms. D'Angelo is an intellectual property lawyer. She has experience in the registration of intellectual property rights and litigation in relation to matters involving copyright, trade...
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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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Partner Martha Dawson, a partner in K&L Gates’ Seattle office, has more than 35 years of experience helping clients in commercial and complex litigation, with a particular focus since 1997 on...
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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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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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Partner David Edgar provides strategic corporate and transactional advice on a national and international basis. His practice focuses on advising public and private companies, boards of directors,...
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Associate Ian Edwards is an associate at the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He is a member of the corporate/M&A practice group.
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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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Associate Sari El-Abboud is an associate in the firm’s Boston office, where he is a member of the investment management, hedge funds and alternative investments practice group. Sari focuses his...
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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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Practice Area Leader: Intellectual Property Mr. Feder leads the Australian intellectual property group. He has experience in a broad range of legal areas relating to intellectual property, including registration of trade marks and...
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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 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 Ms. Gafner advises and advocates on behalf of energy clients with respect to numerous aspects of their business, including litigation, appellate matters, government enforcement, real estate...
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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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Associate Andrew Galtieri is an associate at the firm’s Boston office. He is a member of the corporate/M&A practice group. Andrew advises companies in a variety of transactions, including venture...
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Associate Ashley Gammell is an associate in the Seattle office of K&L Gates, where she is a member of the firm's commerical litigation practice group. She also maintains an active antitrust...
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Associate Aryane Garansi is an associate at the firm’s Charlotte office. She is a member of the intellectual property practice group.
*Not admitted in North Carolina
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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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Partner Mr. Gardner is a partner in the Raleigh office and focuses his practice on the representation of secured and unsecured creditors in the structuring and restructuring of financial...
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Lawyer Mr. Garfinkel is a lawyer in our Corporate team at the Melbourne office.
Professional Background
Prior to joining K&L Gates in 2020, Mr Garfinkel worked as a corporate lawyer in a...
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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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Partner Michael Hain is an experienced Partner with a demonstrated history of over 25 years in value-adding and delivering solutions for clients in real estate transactions, large scale brown...
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Partner Sana Hakim assists clients with trademark clearance and trademark and copyright registration, protection, enforcement and counseling; domain name, social media and Web-related issues; and...
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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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Government Affairs Analyst Colonel Doug Hall, United States Air Force (retired), has 27 years of experience in the military, aerospace, and defense industry with a focus on structuring legislative strategy and...
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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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Government Affairs Advisor Rod Hall is a government affairs advisor in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. His practice focuses on transportation and infrastructure issues. Prior to joining the firm, Rod served as...
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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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Associate Serena Hamann is an associate at the firm’s Seattle office. She is a member of the corporate M&A practice group. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Hamann served as a legal affairs intern...
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Associate Nancy Iheanacho is an associate at the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. She is a member of the investigations, enforcement, and white collar practice group. Her practice focuses on the...
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Partner Ms. Ingber is a partner in the investment management group of K&L Gates and is based in the Washington D.C. office. She has more than twenty-five years of experience in representing...
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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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Senior Associate Francis Iyayi is a senior associate at the firm's London office. He is a member of the energy, infrastructure and resources practice area. Francis' practice is focused on projects and...
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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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Betsy Johnson is an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, where she is a member of the investment management, hedge funds and alternative investments practice group.
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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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Associate Brittany Kaplan concentrates her practice in intellectual property law, with a focus on trademark clearance, prosecution, protection, enforcement and supporting portfolio management for...
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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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Associate Alex Katsulis is an associate at the firm’s Chicago office where he is a member of the IP procurement and portfolio management practice group and a USPTO-registered patent attorney. Mr....
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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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Partner Susan Kayser is a partner in the firm’s Washington D.C. office where she is a member of the IP Litigation practice group.
Ms. Kayser litigates and counsels clients including international...
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Partner Ken Kecskes advises clients in real estate transactions, joint ventures, financings, and development. His transactional experience includes complex acquisitions and dispositions, real...
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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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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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Junior Attorney Francesca Lai is a junior attorney in the Brussels office and is a member of the antitrust, competition and trade regulation practice group. She specializes in EU aviation law and policies...
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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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Lawyer Naeha Lal is a tax lawyer who advises on a broad range of taxation issues, including those associated with mergers and acquisitions, inbound and outbound investments, corporate structuring...
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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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Lawyer Ms. Lane advises listed corporate and private clients in their capacity as property developers, vendors, purchasers, landlords and tenants in relation to their property transactions. She...
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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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Partner Meg Laurent is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, where she is a member of the investment management, hedge funds and alternative investment practice group. Ms. Laurent...
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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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Associate Zane Madden is an associate at the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He is a member of the corporate/M&A practice group.
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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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Practice Area Leader- Litigation John Magnin is a partner with over 30 years’ experience in international arbitration, commercial litigation and other forms of complex dispute resolution, often with a significant...
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Associate Molly Maidman is an associate at the firm’s Boston office. She is a member of the complex commercial litigation and disputes practice group.
Professional Background
Ms. Maidman was a summer...
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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 Christian Major is a partner in the real estate practice group. He acts for institutional funds on the acquisition, disposal, development, letting and management of both commercial and...
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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
Admissions
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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 Ali Nardali is a partner at the firm’s San Francisco office.
Ali regularly advises public companies and their compensation committees on executive compensation matters.
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Trainee Solicitor Christina Nasioutzik is a trainee solicitor in the firm’s London office. She is a member of the finance practice group.
Prior to joining the firm as a trainee, Christina spent time at K...
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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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Lawyer Ms. O'Brien is a lawyer in our complex litigation and dispute resolution team in our Sydney office. Ms. O'Brien assists clients by providing advice on a range of matters including general...
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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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Lawyer Ms. O'Hara is a lawyer in our Real Estate practice area at our Sydney office.
Professional Background
Ms O'Hara joined K&L Gates as a summer clerk and then as a graduate gaining...
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Of Counsel Mr. O’Neil’s practice focuses on international trade, national 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 Maegan O’Rourke is an associate at the firm’s Boston office, where she is a member of the investment management practice group, hedge funds, and alternative investments practice group. She...
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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 For the past thirty-two years, Mr. Paciaroni has concentrated his law practice in the area of commercial litigation with emphasis on engineering and construction law and international...
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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 Adam Paine is an associate in the firm’s Boston office focusing his practice on general civil and commercial litigation matters.
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Senior Associate Ms. Palfrey has eight years of experience in commercial litigation, four of those years as a lawyer. She has instructed on cases which have proceeded to trials and contested hearings, on...
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Of Counsel Stuart Palmer has been practicing law since 1989. From 1991 to 1993, he was a Deputy Public Prosecutor with the Attorney General’s Chambers where he prosecuted accused persons for offences...
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Trainee Solicitor Prudence Pang is a trainee solicitor at the firm’s Hong Kong office.
Prior to joining the firm, Prudence worked as an intern at several international law firms in Hong Kong and mainland...
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Ms. Parker is an associate in the firm’s Boston office, where she is a member of the labor, employment & workplace safety practice group. Ms. Parker focuses her practice on counseling...
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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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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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Associate Anne Ragu is an associate in the labor, employment and workplace safety team of K&L Gates' Paris office. She advises on issues relating to labor law and occupational health and safety...
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Counsel Nadja Raiß is counsel in the Frankfurt office of the firm and a member of the restructuring and insolvency practice group. Nadja advises companies on the preparation, initiation and...
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Partner Sidanth Rajagopal is a partner in the London finance team and is a practice group coordinator of the global banking and asset finance group. He is part of the aviation finance team...
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Senior Associate Mr. Randall advises clients in relation to all aspects of real estate transactions including:
acquisitions and disposals of residential, retail, commercial and agricultural land
retail,...
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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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Sr Paralegal Kulsum Rehman is a senior paralegal in the dispute resolution team of the firm’s Dubai office, based in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Having recently joined the firm, Ms...
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![]() Partner Mr. Safar is a partner in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He represents policyholders in complex, high-stakes insurance coverage disputes. Mr. Safar has handled a broad range of insurance...
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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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![]() Senior Associate Luke is an environment and planning lawyer with experience advising on planning, pollution and contamination, environment incidents, and acquisition of land.
Luke has an intimate...
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![]() Counsel Ms. Saling’s environmental practice includes representing clients in connection with environmental aspects of real estate and corporate transactions, including due diligence and compliance...
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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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![]() Partner Vittorio Salvadori di Wiesenhoff is a partner in the firm’s Milan office and is a member of the tax department. Mr. Salvadori di Wiesenhoff advises on the tax aspects of financial...
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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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Associate Adam Tabor is an associate at the firm’s Seattle office. He is a member of the environment, land, and natural resources practice group. Adam’s practice focuses on natural resource, federal...
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Partner Rob Tammero is a partner in the firm’s Boston office. Mr. Tammero represents companies in a range of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity...
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Associate Xin Ya Tan is an associate at the firm’s Singapore office. She is a member of the commercial disputes practice group.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Tan served as general counsel at a...
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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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Partner Christopher Tan is a partner of K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, K&L Gates’ Singapore office, with over 17 years of practice experience. His areas of practice include corporate and...
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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 Lian Yok Tan has more than 25 years of experience advising on a broad spectrum of energy, mining, LNG, and oil and gas matters including, among other projects: power plant, smelter and...
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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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Associate Xin Ya Tan is an associate at the firm’s Singapore office. She is a member of the commercial disputes practice group.
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Associate Lucas J. Tanglen represents businesses seeking to maximize the value of their insurance assets. His experience representing policyholders in complex insurance matters includes product...
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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 Jonathan Vaitl is an associate at the firm’s Harrisburg office. He is a member of the litigation practice area.
Representative Experience
Represented client on pro bono basis in preparing...
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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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Associate Erin Valentine is an associate at the firm’s London office. She is a member of the banking and asset finance practice group.
Professional Background
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Valentine...
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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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Partner Mr. Van Der Weele is a seasoned antitrust and commercial litigator, chairing many high stakes monopolization/attempt cases, price fixing cases, and contested merger cases. Mr. Van Der Weele...
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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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Partner Nobuki Wada is a partner in the firm’s in the Tokyo office. Mr. Wada provides advice to international companies on a broad range of Japanese legal issues including corporate and commercial...
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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 Macie Wagner is an associate in the Dallas office, where she is a member of the tax practice group.
Professional Background
Prior to joining the firm, Macie was a summer associate in the...
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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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Partner Matthew Walker, a partner in the Doha and London offices of K&L Gates, focuses his practice in construction law and dispute resolution. He has acted as advocate and counsel in ICC and...
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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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Partner Dr. Xie’s practice focuses on PRC-related cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) (inbound investment into China and outbound investment from China), Chinese companies’ overseas IPO,...
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Counsel Aiko Yamada is a counsel in the firm’s Tokyo office. She is a member of the firm’s corporate/M&A and life sciences practice groups.
Aiko has over two decades experience in the legal...
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Associate Jennifer Yeung is an associate at the firm’s Pittsburgh office. She is a member of the complex commercial disputes practice group.
Professional Background
Prior to joining the firm, Ms....
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Paralegal Pheobe Yin is a Registered Migration Agent in our Brisbane office.
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Partner Mr. Youman has nearly two decades of experience in a variety of complex commercial litigation, including business disputes, product liability, toxic tort, insurance coverage, professional...
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Partner Ms. Yuan practices in the areas of municipal, land use and education law. She represents a variety of special purpose districts and municipal clients on land use and public policy issues....
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Senior Associate Ms. Yuan is a Senior Associate in the Sydney Real Estate team and has experience in a wide range of property matters. She has acted for large property development companies, government...
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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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Associate Essya Zaraa is an associate in the firm’s Paris office, where she is a member of the labor, employment and workplace safety practice group.
She focuses her practice on labor, employment and...
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Associate Bella Zaslavsky is a corporate associate in the firm’s Boston office. She focuses her practice on corporate and securities law matters, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity securities...
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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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Special Counsel Mr. Zegrati is a corporate and commercial lawyer specialising in private and public mergers & acquisitions, IPOs, RTOs, divestments, equity capital markets, corporate advisory, general...
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Special Counsel Kai Zhang is a special counsel at the firm’s London office. He is a member of the Payments, Banking Regulation and Consumer Financial Services practice group.
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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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