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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.

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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Partner
Ms. Apel, a partner at the firm’s Pittsburgh office, is a practical and creative transactional and commercial lawyer. She advises clients with respect to mergers & acquisitions,…
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Partner
Erin Koeppel is an experienced government enforcement lawyer who defends financial services clients and other companies and individuals in government investigations, regulatory or private…
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Associate
Taylor J. Arluck is an associate in K&L Gates’ Newark office. He is a member of the Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety practice group.
Taylor was a summer associate with K&L…
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Partner
Claude-Etienne Armingaud’s practice focuses on the representation of public and private companies in the area of information technologies and intellectual property law. Mr. Armingaud…
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Associate
Alexandria (Lexi) Bond focuses her practice on commercial litigation, including the representation of clients in contractual disputes, business torts, false advertising and unfair…
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Associate
Louise Bond is a complex commercial disputes associate in the firm’s London office. She qualified as a solicitor in September 2019, having completed her training contract with K&L Gates…
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Associate
Joshua Bonney is an associate at the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the real estate investment, development and finance group with a concentration on corporate economic…
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Associate
Caroline H. Boone is an associate at the firm’s Dallas office. She is a member of the commercial disputes practice group, with a focus in complex commercial litigation.
Caroline has…
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Special Counsel
Mr. Boone has more than 15 years' experience as a leading capital markets, banking and finance lawyer with deep experience in corporate finance and acquisition and leveraged finance. He has…
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Partner with K&L Gates Straits Law
Raja Bose leads the firm’s commercial disputes and international arbitration practice in Asia and has more than 20 years of experience in international dispute resolution and has worked in…
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Partner
Mr. Clyne has a focus on public and private mergers & acquisitions, whether by bid, scheme of arrangement or private treaty. He also works across capital markets, whether initial public…
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Lawyer
Ms. Coburn is a lawyer in the Intellectual Property group in Melbourne. She regularly advises clients on protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights including trade marks, design…
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Senior Associate
Niel Coertse is a senior associate at the firm's Doha office. He is a member of the Construction and Infrastructure practice group. Niel advises and acts for employers, contractors, and…
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Associate
Dan Nuñez Cohen is an associate in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. Dan advises and advocates for clients at the intersection of federal legislative and regulatory policy and compliance…
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Partner
Jeff Cohen focuses his practice on the development and financing of domestic and international energy and infrastructure projects. He also has a wide range of experience in cross-border…
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Associate
Jessica Cohn is an associate in K&L Gates' Washington, D.C., office and a member of the Asset Management and Investment Funds practice area. Jessica advises registered investment…
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Trainee Solicitor
Kira Green is a trainee solicitor in the firm’s London office.
Kira previously completed the Summer Vacation Scheme at the firm. She worked with both the intellectual property and…
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Associate
Spencer Green is an associate at the firm’s Nashville office. He is a member of the Health Care and FDA practice group.
Prior to joining the firm, Spencer was an associate at a Nashville-…
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Trainee Solicitor
Ben Greene is a trainee solicitor in the firm's London office. He is currently undertaking a secondment in-house in the legal department of a Fortune 100 U.S. company. His previous…
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Partner
With extensive experience in construction and engineering law, Kevin has worked in the contentious and non-contentious areas over several years of practice.  He has acted in international…
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Partner
Amy J. Greer is a partner in the firm’s New York office. She is a member of the White Collar Defense and Investigations practice group.
Amy advises all manner of financial industry clients…
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Partner
Geoffrey Greeves is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office and a member of the Insurance Recovery and Counseling practice group.
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Partner
Christopher Hines is a partner in the firm's Chicago office. He is a member of the IP procurement practice group.
Christopher counsels high technology companies on the development of…
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Partner
Nominated as one of Coindesk's Most Influential People in Blockchain in 2017, Andrew "Drew" Hinkes is a partner in the firm's Miami office. Drew's transactional, regulatory and litigation…
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Associate
Nicolas Hipp is an associate at the firm’s Brussels office. He is a member of the antitrust, competition and trade regulation practice group.
Professional Background
Prior to joining the…
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Partner
Cliff Histed focuses on representing companies and individuals operating in highly-regulated industries, particularly in the areas of financial markets, trading, and health care, during…
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Associate
Elizabeth Hoadley is an associate at the firm’s Pittsburgh office. She is a member of the complex commercial litigation and disputes practice group.
Professional Background
Previously, Ms.…
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Associate
Amy Conant Hoang is a Washington, D.C.-based member of K&L Gates’ government contracts and procurement policy group. Ms. Hoang provides “cradle to grave” counsel to clients in the…
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Partner
Mr. Kondon is the head of the Southern California Employment Law practice group. He represents management in all aspects of employment law, including employment related litigation. Mr.…
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Partner
George K. Kontakis is a litigation attorney in the firm’s New York office and member of the K&L Gates maritime practice group. His practice encompasses a broad range of domestic and…
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Partner
Mr. Koosed is a partner in K&L Gates’ Washington, D.C. office who represents corporations, financial institutions, and high net-worth individuals in a broad range of complex commercial…
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Partner
Ted Kornobis is a partner in the investigations, enforcement, and white collar group in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. His practice focuses on complex civil and white collar criminal…
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Associate
Charlotte Kouo is a member of the firm’s banking and asset finance practice group. Her legal practice involves various corporate matters including cross-border and multi-jurisdictional…
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Associate
Curtis Kowalk is an associate in the government enforcement group in the Washington, D.C. office. He focuses his practice on securities enforcement and litigation, commercial litigation,…
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Of Counsel
William Liu is of counsel in the firm’s New York office. He is a member of the Finance practice. William focuses his practice in capital markets, loan financings and restructurings,…
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Partner
Hilger von Livonius is a partner in the firm’s Munich office and advises on banking, investment, and insurance regulatory matters. Apart from general regulatory and code of conduct issues,…
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Partner
Benay Lizarazu is a partner in the Finance practice and is resident in the Charlotte office. Ms. Lizarazu has extensive experience representing lenders and borrowers in a broad range of…
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Associate
Andrew Lloyd focuses his practice on counseling both publicly and privately held entities, including private equity and venture capital firms, in connection with mergers, acquisitions,…
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Partner
Michelle Lloyd is an asset management and investment funds partner in K&L Gates' Dublin office. Michelle has extensive experience advising European, U.S. and Asian clients on the…
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Partner
Charles Lockwood is a partner in the energy, infrastructure and resources practice group in the London office. He assists clients with onshore and offshore energy projects globally,…
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Partner
Ms. McCreery concentrates her practice primarily on corporate, transactional and securities matters. She has experience in representing publicly-traded and privately-held clients in…
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Trainee Solicitor
Kate McDermott is a trainee solicitor in the firm’s London office.
Prior to joining the firm, Kate served as a programme coordinator for an education start up. Kate additionally was a legal…
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Associate
Jianne McDonald is an associate at K&L Gates' Nashville office and is a member of the Health Care and FDA practice group. Jianne focuses her practice on transactional and regulatory…
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Partner
Mr. McElhinny is a partner in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He handles major patent cases involving an array of technologies. He co-led the team that won 2012’s largest verdict in the U.S.…
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Associate
Lauren McFadden is an associate in the corporate/M&A practice group at the firm’s Charleston office. Her practice is focused on transactional corporate and finance matters across…
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Associate
Nóirín McFadden is an associate in the firm’s London office. She concentrates her practice on Intellectual Property, Technology and Commercial matters. Nóirín has experience in data and…
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Partner
Andrea Pinto is a partner in the firm’s Milan office. He focuses his practice in advising both lending institutions and borrowers in real estate finance, project finance, acquisition…
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Counsel
Paweł Piotrowski, a counsel in the firm’s Doha office, is a projects lawyer concentrating in EPC contracts. He assists with public procurement matters as part of his practice and is well…
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Senior Associate
Jakub Pitera is a senior associate in the Warsaw office of K&L Gates. He practices in areas related to corporate issues, mergers and acquisitions (including financial institutions) and…
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Associate
Damon Pitt’s practice covers a broad range of general litigation matters including class actions. While his primary focus is complex commercial litigation, he has extensive experience in…
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Associate
Kelly Plummer is an associate in the Chicago office. She has experience with patent prosecution and client counseling in fields including chemistry, pharmaceuticals, drug delivery,…
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Associate
Devon Poage is an associate in  K&L Gates' Dallas office. She is a member of the Corporate and Acquisition Finance practice group.
Prior to joining the firm Devon served in the…
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Partner
Margaret Rosenfeld has more than 20 years of corporate and securities law experience both within the United States and internationally. Her practice includes public company reporting,…
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Associate
David Rosenfield is a corporate associate in the firm’s Orange County office and is a member of the corporate/M&A practice group. David focuses his practice on the representation of…
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Associate
Alexander Rospert is an associate at the firm’s Berlin office. He is a member of the Government Contracts and Procurement Policy practice. 
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Partner
Michael Ross is a partner in our Pittsburgh office who focuses on appellate practice and product liability and toxic tort litigation. He has also done substantial work in the areas of oil…
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Associate
Mr. Roszak is an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C office. He focuses on federal legislative and regulatory policy issues related to financial services and capital markets, with an…
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Government Affairs Advisor
Cliff Rothenstein has more than 30 years of congressional and federal executive experience. Prior to joining K&L Gates, he served as Director of Legislative Affairs for the Federal…
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Senior Paralegal
Randa Shiblaq is a bilingual senior paralegal in the firm’s Doha office. She focuses her practice on corporate and commercial matters and also advises clients on general Qatar law issues…
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Counsel
Andrew Shipe is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, where he is a member of the investment management practice group. He previously worked with the Securities and Exchange…
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Attorney
As one of the founding lawyers of the Beijing office, Ms. Shu’s practice covers general corporate, regulatory, foreign direct investment, labour and employment, international trade, cross-…
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Lawyer
Bernard is a lawyer in the asset management and investment funds team in Sydney. He has advised domestic and global private fund managers and banks on fund establishment and a variety of…
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Associate
Hena Sial is an associate at the firm's Doha office. She is a member of the Construction and Infrastructure practice group.
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Partner
Robert Sichel is a partner in the firm’s New York office, where he is a member of the Investment Management practice group and oversees the ERISA Fiduciary practice. He has extensive…
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Emma Wolfe is a partner at the firm's Nashville office and is a member of the Construction and Infrastructure practice group. Emma focuses her practice on assisting clients in a variety of…
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Associate
Coleman Wombwell is an associate in the Charlotte office.
His experience includes advising companies throughout the initial public offering process, assisting public companies with Exchange…
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Associate
Amy Wong is an associate at the firm’s Orange County office. She is a member of the complex commercial litigation and disputes practice group.
Prior to joining the firm, Amy served as a…
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Senior Trade Consultant
Ms. Wong is a senior trade consultant in the antitrust, competition, and trade regulation practice group. She advises clients on international trade issues, including trade, customs, export…
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Foreign Legal Consultant
Janet Wong is an associate in K&L Gates' Hong Kong office. She is a member of the Capital Markets practice group.
Prior to joining the firm, Janet served a registered foreign lawyer at…
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Partner
Mr. Wong is a partner in our Hong Kong office, and he concentrates his practice in investment management and financial services. He has extensive experience advising on the formation and…
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K&L Gates LLP is selected for a 2021 NLR Go-To Thought Leadership Award for their coverage of the varying rules and regulations related to COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave. The article, “COVID-19: California Extends COVID-19 Supplement Paid Sick Leave and Includes Vaccinations” authored by Eugene C. Ryu and Gregory T. Lewis was one of the firm's most-read articles, demonstrating their expertise on employment law matters stemming from the pandemic.  Given the uncertainty caused by COVID-19 for employers and employees alike, NLR appreciates the authors' thoughtful analysis of California's sick leave and vaccination policies. 

K&L Gates LLP has been selected for the 2018 NLR Go-To Thought Leadership award for their coverage of the Delaware Chancery Court on their Delaware Docket blog.  The attorney-authors at K&L Gates consistently cover Delaware Chancery Court developments and provide in-depth legal analysis of the Court’s decisions; identifying trends and unpacking the impact for NLR readers and the corporations they represent. You can subscribe to the K&L Gates blog, the Delaware Docket, here.

 

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