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:
Associate Mehreen Ahmed is an associate at the firm’s New York office. She is a member of the corporate/M&A practice group.
Primary Practice
Corporate/M&A
Secondary Practices
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Senior Associate Ms. Aitken is an employment, workplace relations and safety lawyer who advises clients in the public and private sectors across a broad range of industries, including health, education,...
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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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Partner Nazanin Aleyaseen is a senior member of the International Arbitration team. She regularly advises and represents international and UAE-based companies in DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, ADCACC and ICC...
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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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Practice Area Leader - Labor, Employment & Workplace Safety Ms. Alito is co-chair of the firm’s 150-lawyer global labor, employment and workplace safety practice. She represents management in disputes involving employment law and employee benefit...
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Associate Katherine Allor is an intellectual property lawyer focusing on patent litigation and patent office litigation. She has an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering and is registered to...
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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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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 Stefano Bardella is partner of the firm’s Milan office. He concentrates his practice on litigation and arbitration. In particular, Mr. Bardella focus is practice on providing assistance to...
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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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Associate Molly Barker is an associate at the firm’s Seattle office. She is a member of the environment, land and natural resources practice group.
Professional Background
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Partner Kane Barnett has extensive experience advising Australian and international clients on fund formation, investments in funds, and investments by and transactions involving funds. He advises...
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Associate Taylor Bartholomew focuses his practice on corporate governance issues. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Bartholomew was a corporate counseling associate at another law firm in Delaware.
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Associate Meredith Bateman focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on government enforcement, internal investigations, and insurance coverage.
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Trainee Solicitor Mr. Bates is a trainee lawyer in both the Antitrust, Competition & Trade Regulation group and Intellectual Property, Technology and Sports department of the firm’s London office. He...
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Partner Leah Baucom is a partner in the Charlotte office and focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and general corporate matters. She has represented both public and...
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Associate Marion Baumann is an associate in the firm's Berlin office and part of the public procurement and antitrust practice groups. She advises clients on matters in connection with procurement...
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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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Trainee Solicitor Daniel Cartmell is a trainee solicitor in the firm’s London office. He is currently gaining experience in the construction and infrastructure group.
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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 Antoine de Rohan Chabot is a senior associate in the Brussels office and is a member of the antitrust, competition and trade regulation group.
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Associate Priya Chadha is an associate in the firm’s New York office and has experience in a variety of matters including commercial disputes, bankruptcy, and international arbitration. Her practice...
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Associate Aloysius Chang is an associate in the Singapore office.
Prior to joining K&L Gates, Mr. Chang was a legal associate at the chambers of one of Asia’s foremost arbitrators, where he acted...
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Attorney Mr. Charlesworth is a commercial and regulatory lawyer with a focus on the financial services industry.
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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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Partner Jennifer Degotardi is a real estate lawyer with a particular focus on the government sector and the financial services sector. She has broad experience in real estate issues pertaining to...
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Partner Paul Del Vecchio is a partner in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He concentrates his practice in complex commercial litigation, including insurance coverage litigation and counseling. He has...
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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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Associate Elma Delic is an associate in the firm’s Boston office, where she is a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation & Disputes practice group. Her primary area of practice is in Complex...
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Government Affairs Counselor Jeff Denham is a government affairs counselor in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. A member of the public policy and law practice group, he brings significant transportation and...
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Special Counsel Raminta Dereskeviciute is a special counsel in the European Regulatory group who splits her time between the firm’s London and Brussels offices. She is a dually qualified solicitor (in...
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Associate Jacob Derr is an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, where he is a member of the Investment Management, Hedge Funds and Alternative Investments practice group. Mr. Derr assists...
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Associate Shane Devins is an associate in the firm’s Portland office and a member of the corporate and real estate practice groups. His practice touches nearly all aspects of transactional corporate...
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Partner Carla DewBerry practices in the areas of health care law; mergers and acquisitions; and federal, state and local tax. Carla represents health care clients in Medicare and Medicaid...
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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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Special Counsel Nicola Ellis is Special Counsel with the Construction and Engineering practice in the London office. She acts for clients on both contentious and non-contentious matters, including advising...
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Partner Buck Endemann is a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office, where he is a member of the energy practice group. He provides comprehensive counseling on energy, infrastructure and...
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Partner Jason A. Engel is a registered patent attorney with an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering. He concentrates his practice on the litigation of intellectual property matters with a...
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Associate Lucie Enns 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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Attorney Amanda Erlandson is an associate in the Private Clients, Trusts and Estates practice group in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. Her practice focuses on estate planning and estate and trust...
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Partner Hector Espinosa is a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. He focuses his practice in the construction industry, working with clients from the onset of a project and contract formation...
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Partner Stacy J. Ettinger is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and focuses her practice on public policy. She has over 20 years of experience working in Congress and the 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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Attorney Mr. Fleeton is a workplace relations and safety lawyer who advises private sector and government employers on all facets of industrial relations, employment and work health and safety law....
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Partner Mr. Fletcher has been working with clients in the practice area of labour, employment and workplace safety for more than 15 years. He has expertise in industrial relations and labour...
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Associate Erin Fleury is an associate in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. Mr. Fleury has worked for clients on litigation matters involving insurance coverage, intellectual property, and other complex...
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Associate Macy Flinchum is an associate in the firm’s Research Triangle Park office. Ms. Flinchum’s practice focuses on health care regulatory and transactional law for hospitals, health systems,...
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Associate Meghan Flinn is an associate in the government enforcement group in the Washington, D.C. office. She focuses her practice on the defense of companies and individuals involved in government...
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Partner Mr. Flocos is a litigation partner in the firm’s New York City office. His practice emphasizes litigation that arises out of M&A transactions and corporate governance related litigation...
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Government Affairs Analyst Lauren Flynn is a government affairs analyst in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, where she is a member of the Public Policy and Law practice group. Ms. Flynn works with a variety of...
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Associate Martin Fokken is an associate in the firm’s Berlin office and concentrates his practice in the area of technology and media.
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Associate Sumner Fontaine is an associate at the firm’s Charlotte office. He is a member of the banking and asset finance practice group. Mr. Fontaine focuses his practice on commercial lending,...
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Government Affairs Analyst Brody Garland is a government affairs specialist in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. His practice focuses on transportation, infrastructure, and maritime policy issues. In his current...
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Partner David Garraux is a partner in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He is a member of the labor, employment and workplace safety practice group. Mr. Garraux focuses his practice on representing...
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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.
Education
J.D., University of...
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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 John Gavin is an associate at the firm’s Boston office. He is a member of the complex commercial litigation and disputes practice group.
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Associate Max Gelernter is an associate in the firm’s Pittsburgh office, where he is a member of the complex commercial litigation and disputes practice group. Mr. Gelernter also focuses his practice...
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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 Mr. Gerkens has led some of Australia's largest commercial property transactions, including the largest commercial office lease pre-commitment/redevelopment and largest one line Corporate...
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Partner Spencer Hamer represents employers in the defense of employment claims, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, whistleblower, and wage and hour matters. He...
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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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Associate Victoria Hamscho is an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, where she is a member of the public policy and law practice group. Ms. Hamscho focuses her practice on legislative...
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Partner Mr. Hancock focuses his practice on litigation and defense of federal and state government investigations. A primary focus has been the financial services industry, where he has represented...
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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.
Mr. Hardin represents a...
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Special Counsel Ms. Hardingham is an intellectual property (IP) lawyer with experience in the protection, management, exploitation and enforcement of IP rights including trade marks, copyright and designs...
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Partner Mr. Hardman is a partner in the Labour Employment and Workplace Safety practice in the Brisbane office. He provides a wide range of advice and services to clients regarding employment,...
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Associate Nathan Harrill is an associate in the Raleigh office.
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Partner Mark Johnson counsels U.S. and international companies on corporate and securities matters. His practice focuses on corporate finance, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions....
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Managing Partner Mary Beth Johnston is the co-leader of the global health care and FDA practice group and has served on the firm’s management committee since 2008. She concentrates her practice exclusively...
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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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Partner Mr. Jones takes a practical approach to helping clients solve problems. As a partner in K&L Gates’ Chicago office, Mr. Jones focuses his practice on counseling publicly traded companies...
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Partner Sean Jones focuses his practice on securities, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate law. Mr. Jones represents a broad range of public and private companies in a variety of securities,...
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Counsel Ms Jordan is a real estate lawyer with over 25 years' experience in property, property funds management, leasing and property development. Her property experience includes advising on sales...
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Counsel Jim Joyce’s practice focuses on analyzing the risks and navigating the minefields of environmental compliance, land use, waste management, zoning, and other areas of complex regulatory law...
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Of Counsel Mr. Jumabhoy joined K&L Gates as Of Counsel in February 2016, and splits his practice between Government Enforcements, Investigations and International Arbitration. He provides...
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Partner Ken Juster is a partner in the investment management group, resident in the Boston office. He advises clients on all aspects of compliance with federal and state laws and regulations and...
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Associate Olivia Kelman focuses her practice on financial institutions and services litigation, compliance, and enforcement matters, with a concentration on fair and responsible lending and servicing...
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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 Kenneth Kennedy is an associate in the firm’s Research Triangle Park office, where he is a member of the health care & FDA practice group. Kenneth’s practice focuses on advising clients...
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Senior Trade Consultant Mr. Kerr is a senior trade consultant in the antitrust, competition, and trade regulation practice group. His experience covers the full range of customs and international trade issues,...
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Partner Richard Kerr is a partner in the firm’s Boston office, where he is a member of the Investment Management, Hedge Funds and Alternative Investment practice group. Mr. Kerr focuses his...
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Partner Mr. Kerr is a partner in the Melbourne office and advises on projects and infrastructure transactions globally, particularly in Australia and Asia. He has a particular knowledge of the...
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Trainee Solicitor Jamie Kershaw is a trainee solicitor in the firm’s London office. He is currently gaining experience in the Intellectual Property, Technology and Sports department, having previously gained...
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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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Lawyer Ms. Lawlor is a lawyer in our Energy, Infrastructure and Resources team. She has experience advising on major infrastructure and construction projects across Australia with a focus on...
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Partner Mr. Lawrence primarily counsels healthcare clients in responding to governmental investigations and defending False Claims Act lawsuits. He has represented both individuals and companies in...
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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 Mr. LeDoux’s practice has a broad state and local tax focus with experience in multistate tax planning and controversy matters involving sales, franchise, property, and income taxes and...
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Associate Cecilia Lee is an associate in the firm’s Taipei office.
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Associate Eric Lee concentrates his practice on general civil and commercial litigation matters, with an emphasis on patent, trademark, copyright, and other complex intellectual property litigation....
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Partner Sang-yul Lee is a partner in the firm’s Chicago office, where he is a member of our labor, employment and workplace safety practice. He has a broadly-based practice and represents clients...
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Counsel Ms. Mak has over 10 years of law experience with focus on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings and transactional and non-transactional regulatory advice. Ms. Mak’...
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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 Jennifer Maloney is an associate at the firm’s Pittsburgh office. She is a member of the investigations, enforcement and white collar practice group. Her global practice focuses on...
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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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Graduate Jessica Mandla is a Law Graduate at KL Gates Law Firm.
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Partner Christoph Mank is a partner in the firm’s Berlin office. He is a member of the Energy, Infrastructure and Resources practice and has extensive experience in the renewable energy sector. He...
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Patent Attorney Mr. Mann is a registered Australian and New Zealand patent and trade marks attorney with a technical background in computer systems and software engineering. He is experienced in preparing...
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Associate Mr. Manoosegaran is an associate in the firm’s Singapore office. He regularly acts for and advises on a variety of international arbitration and cross border disputes.
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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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Of Counsel Scott Nelson has spent the last two decades working at the intersection of policy, politics, and law, working as senior staff to a U.S. Senator, a Governor, a political appointee in the...
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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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Senior Associate Nils Neumann is a senior associate in the firm’s Berlin office and concentrates his practice in labor, employment and workplace safety. He advises German and international companies on...
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Senior Associate Ms. Nevill is a real estate lawyer with broad experience in property, planning and commercial matters. This includes acquisitions and disposals of residential, commercial, industrial and...
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Senior Government Affairs Specialist Kathleen Nicholas is a senior government affairs specialist in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. She assists clients on policy issues related to the energy, environment, agriculture, and...
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Partner Morgan Nickerson is a partner in the Boston office and a member of the firm’s antitrust and intellectual property teams. His practice focuses on the protection of global distribution...
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Associate Kristi Nickodem is an associate in the Raleigh office, focusing her practice on labor, employment, and workplace safety. Ms. Nickodem has experience advising employers on a wide variety of...
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Partner Mr. Nicolaidis focuses on major litigation and dispute resolution matters. He has experience in contract disputes, equitable claims, leasing disputes, trade practices claims, corporate risk...
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Associate Thomas Nietsch is an associate in the K&L Gates Berlin office focused on IT, data protection, e-commerce and open source software law. He works with big data, block chain, cloud...
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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 Matthew Ogurick is a partner in the firm’s corporate practice and a member of the opportunity zones and private equity sub-practice groups. He has broad experience in counseling public and...
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Partner Ms. Ohlenforst, who received the 2018 Outstanding Texas Tax Lawyer award from the Tax Section of the State Bar of Texas, has a broad tax practice that involves planning and controversy work...
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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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Associate Mr. Oliver is an associate in the firm’s construction & infrastructure group of the London office. Mr. Oliver completed his training contract at K&L Gates, during which he gained...
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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 Mr. Omagari is experienced in domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, domestic and international joint ventures, investment into Japan and by Japanese companies...
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Counsel Jeffrey Orenstein is a counsel in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He has over 12 years of experience handling international trade and transportation matters. He specializes in providing...
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Partner Martina Ortner is a partner in the firm’s Munich office. She advises German and international clients of mainly traditional industries on:
the formation of joint ventures including suitable...
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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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Associate Kevin Pearson is an associate in the firm’s London office and a member of the banking and asset finance practice group. His practice focus is on aviation finance matters and he works with...
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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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Associate David Peet is an associate at the firm’s Research Triangle Park office, where he is a member of the investigations, enforcement, and white-collar practice group. His practice focuses on...
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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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Associate Natasha Pereira is an associate at the firm’s Boston office, where she is a member of the litigation department. Ms. Pereira focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, with an...
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Associate Nicholas Perkins is an associate at the firm’s Boston office. He is a member of the complex commercial litigation and disputes practice group.
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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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Partner Luke Reid is a partner in the firm’s Boston office. Mr. Reid provides advice and representation in connection with government investigations, criminal and civil litigation, maritime...
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Associate Natalie Reid is an associate at the firm’s Seattle office. She is a member of the environment, land and natural resources practice group.
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Partner Mr. Reiter concentrates his practice in the representation of businesses in complex insurance coverage matters. He is and has been responsible for major D&O, environmental, asbestos,...
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Partner Myla Reizen is a partner in the firm’s Miami office. She is a member of the global health care and FDA practice group.
Myla concentrates her practice in health law, representing health...
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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 John ReVeal is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the consumer financial services practice group. He advises banks and other financial services providers on...
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Associate Adriana Reyes is an associate in the Austin office where she is a member of the Labor, Employment and Workplace Safety practice group. She focuses her practice on advising companies and...
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![]() Trainee Carolina Sanna is a trainee in the firm’s Milan office. She focuses her practice on commercial and corporate matters, advising domestic and international clients on drafting of commercial...
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Associate Kristin Taylor is an associate at the firm’s Charlotte office. She is a member of the corporate/M&A practice group. During law school, Kristin served as an extern for a magistrate judge...
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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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Practice Area Leader - Litigation Melissa Tea is a practice area leader for the firm’s global litigation and dispute resolution practice. She maintains an active litigation and counseling practice representing public and...
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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 Andrea Templeton is an associate at the firm’s Seattle office where she is a member of the tax, corporate and tax-exempt organizations practice groups.
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Associate Teresa A. Teng is an associate at the firm’s Seattle office. She is a member of the corporate/M&A practice group.
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Partner Ms. Thiem is a partner in the firm’s Charleston office. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and insurance and risk management counseling.
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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 Kari Vander Stoep is a partner in the Seattle office of K&L Gates, where she is a member of the firm’s litigation and energy practice groups. Kari represents a range of clients in state...
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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 Bruno Vascellari is an associate in the firm’s Milan office. He concentrates his practice mainly on corporate and commercial non-contentious matters, with strong experience in M&A...
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Partner Mr. Veilleux is a partner and focuses his practice on international finance. He has extensive experience working with clients on transactions in Brazil and throughout Latin America.
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Associate Laura Veith concentrates her law practice in the area of commercial litigation, with a particular focus in insurance coverage and complex commercial litigation. Ms. Veith is experienced in...
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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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Partner Mr. Verdini is a trial attorney who focuses on intellectual property litigation and intellectual property counseling. He played a lead role in the pretrial and trial efforts that led to...
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Partner Mr. Vickery focuses on mergers and acquisitions transactions including capital raisings as well as franchising and regulatory and corporate advice. He possesses a high level of industry...
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Senior Associate Dr. Chris Vindurampulle is a senior associate with the intellectual property team in the firm's Melbourne office.
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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.
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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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Associate Xiaotong Wang is an associate in the firm’s Beijing office. She has extensive experience representing clients in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investments, corporate...
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Partner Henry Wang is a partner in the firm’s Beijing office. He has 20 years of experience in advising top tier domestic and multinational corporations, financial institutions, and private...
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Associate Christopher Warner is an associate at the firm’s Boston office. He is a member of the complex commercial litigation and disputes practice group.
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Associate Thomas Warns is a first year associate in the firm’s New York office.
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Attorney Mr. Watts has a focus on employment and industrial law. He advises and acts for both private and public sector clients in relation to a range of industrial issues, including employer...
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Administrative Partner Scott Waxman is a founding partner in the firm’s Wilmington, Delaware office and a member of the firm’s global Management Committee. His practice focuses on organizational and operational...
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Associate Alex Weber is an associate in the firm’s Seattle tax practice. Alex works with large and small businesses throughout the country in different industries, including technology, retailing,...
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