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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
Christine Braamskamp leads the Corporate Crime and Regulatory Team in the firm’s London office. She concentrates her practice on multi-jurisdictional white collar crime, internal…
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Partner with K&L Gates Straits Law
James Bradley is a partner based in Singapore focused in advising on a variety of transactions in the transportation and finance sectors.
His experience has been gained through time as…
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Associate
Alexander Bradley-Sitch is a commercial disputes associate, sitting within the insurance coverage practice group of K&L Gates in London. He qualified as a solicitor in September 2017,…
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Associate
Reese Brammell represents buyers and sellers in a wide variety of commercial and corporate transactions, including many technology matters. He advises clients on software licensing, IT and…
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Lawyer
Rynier is a lawyer in the corporate practice group with significant experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, corporate structuring and commercial law. He has assisted…
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Associate
Mr. Brannon is an associate in the firm’s Pittsburgh office and focuses his practice on energy and commercial matters with an emphasis on energy litigation. Mr. Brannon represents energy…
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Partner
Ms. Branthoover practices in the area of complex commercial litigation and international arbitration. In addition to representing Fortune 100 companies and investors in litigation,…
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Associate
Dean Brazier is an associate in the firm’s Corporate/M&A practice group in the Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Brazier leverages his prior experience as a Certified Public Accountant and…
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Partner
TJ Bright is an partner in the firm’s Boston office. He is a member of the Asset Management and Investment Funds practice group.
TJ focuses his practice on counseling investment advisers…
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Associate
Maureen O’Dea Brill is an Associate at K&L Gates' Harrisburg office. She concentrates her practice in the areas of energy, environment and natural resources law. Her practice serves a…
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Partner
Gail Conenello’s environmental practice is focused in the areas of CERCLA and Spill Act remediations and liability actions, private cost recovery actions, environmental justice actions,…
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Associate
Caitlin Conklin is an associate in the firm’s Newark office where she is a member of the finance/restructuring and insolvency practice group. Caitlin focuses on the representation of…
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Associate
Cat Connell is an associate in the Private Clients, Trusts and Estates group in the firm’s Seattle office.
Ms. Connell’s practice includes estate planning; trust and estate administration;…
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Associate
Andrew Connelly is an associate in the firm’s London office, where he is a member of the Commercial Disputes practice group. 
Prior to joining the firm, Andrew worked as a solicitor for a…
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Government Affairs Counselor
Mr. Conner is a government affairs counselor in the Public Policy and Law practice group at K&L Gates, one of the largest policy groups in the United States.  He has nearly 25 years of…
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Associate
Mallory Cooney is an associate in K&L Gates’ Complex Commercial Litigation practice. Ms. Cooney represents businesses in litigation and disputes at the trial and appellate levels. Her…
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Partner
Stephan has a domestic and international business practice centering on acquisitions, venture capital and other equity investments, transborder transactions, trade issues and technology…
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Associate
Adam Cooper is an associate in the Dallas office, where he is a member of the health care and FDA practice group. Adam’s practice focuses on a variety of health law issues, including health…
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Associate
Emma Cooper is an associate in the corporate/M&A practice group of the London office. She completed her training contract at the firm, during which time she gained experience in the…
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Government Affairs Analyst
Jordan Cooper is a government affairs analyst at the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, where he is a member of the Public Policy and Law practice group. 
Prior to joining K&L Gates,…
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ASSOCIATE
Lindsay Grossman is an associate in the firm’s Boston office, where she is a member of the asset management and investment funds practice group. She focuses her practice on advising…
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Associate
Ryan Grover is an associate at the firm’s Charlotte office. He is a member of the complex commercial litigation and disputes practice group.
Areas of Focus

Complex Commercial Litigation…
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Senior Associate
Angus Groves acts on a broad range of commercial disputes with experience spanning major projects litigation to SME transactional disputes. He has focused particularly on actions in the…
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Trainee Solicitor
Aurelija Grubytė is a trainee solicitor at K&L Gates' London office. She is a member of the Construction and Infrastructure practice group
Prior to joining the firm, Aurelija served as…
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Practice Area Leader - Finance
Matthias Grund has extensive experience in national and international finance with a focus on syndicated lending, cross-border acquisition financings, project financings and real estate…
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Lawyer
Jian Hui Gu is a lawyer in the intellectual property (IP) group focusing on IP procurement and portfolio management. Jian is an experienced IP practitioner, with significant experience…
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Partner
Mr. Gu’s practice includes cross-border business transactions, private equity investments, general corporate matters, foods regulations, corporate compliance matters and overseas public…
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Partner
Ignasi Guardans, PhD, is a partner in the firm’s Brussels office. Before joining K&L Gates he was involved in public policy and governmental affairs in different ways since 1995, in…
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Partner
Phil focuses his litigation practice on complex business disputes and has particular experience representing clients in the technology, energy, and financial services industries. He has…
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Partner
Mr. Guirguis advises clients on all aspects of antitrust/competition law as well as consumer law.
He has a wealth of experience advising clients on merger clearance, joint ventures and on…
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Partner
William Holmes is a partner in the firm’s Portland office. He focuses his practice in the area of energy and infrastructure projects and transactions with an emphasis on wind energy, solar…
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Partner
Kenneth Holston is a partner in the firm’s Boston office where he is a member of the asset management and investment funds practice group. Kenneth has a broad range of experience – both in-…
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Partner
Partner in the Boston and Washington D.C. offices of K&L Gates LLP concentrating in complex civil litigation, international arbitration and internal investigations. Advises foreign and…
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Partner
Mr. Holtzman’s practice is focused on environmental law, constitutional law, appellate litigation, gaming law, and commercial litigation. He regularly practices before the U.S. Court of…
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Of Counsel
Mr. Honeywell is of counsel in the restructuring and insolvency department of K&L Gates’ New York City office. He has over 19 years of experience in Chapter 11 reorganizations, out-of-…
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Partner
Ms. Hong is a partner in the firm’s Shanghai office. She concentrates her practice area in anti-corruption compliance and corporate transactions. She has experience advising multi-national…
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Associate
Brian Hopkins is an associate in the firm’s Washington D.C. office. He is a member of the Policy and Regulatory practice area.
Prior to joining the firm Brian served as a law clerk at the U…
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Associate
Tara Hopkins is an associate in K&L Gates' Washington, D.C. office. She is a member of the Government Contracts and Procurement Policy practice group. Tara provides “cradle to grave”…
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Partner
Heather Horowitz is a partner at the firm’s New York office where she is a member of the real estate practice group. Heather specializes in real estate finance, including representing…
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Attorney
Mr. Hoshino is a partner in the Tokyo office who focuses on domestic and international corporate law. He advises clients on a variety of legal matters in relation to corporate transactions…
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Associate
Mary Louden is an associate in the Private Clients, Trusts and Estates group in the firm’s Seattle office.
Ms. Louden’s practice covers a broad range of tax issues, including estate…
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Partner
Ms. Louis has a breadth of experience advising multi-location retail and industrial companies. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Louis was the general counsel for a large private equity…
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Counsel
Avril Love is counsel in the firm’s Los Angeles office. She is a member of the Commercial Disputes practice group.
After spending years defending medical device and pharmaceutical…
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Law Clerk
Eric A. Love is a member of K&L Gates’ Public Policy and Law Practice and is based in the Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Love focuses on federal legislative and regulatory policy issues…
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Associate
Mr. Lowe concentrates his practice in general civil and commercial litigation matters, with an emphasis in financial services litigation and class action litigation defense. He also has…
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Partner
Michael Lubic is a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles and San Francisco offices. He has a broad insolvency practice encompassing litigation, transactions, and counseling in connection with…
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Partner
Andrea Lucan is a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. She focuses her practice on project development and finance, with a particular emphasis on representing companies engaged in the…
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Lawyer
Dr Kai Luck is a highly qualified restructuring and insolvency lawyer with 14 years of experience across legal practice, academia, policy and government. He has a doctorate in corporate…
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Counsel
Lysondra Ludwig is admitted to practice in California and New York. She is not currently admitted in Washington.
Lysondra Ludwig is counsel in the firm’s Seattle office and a member of the…
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Trainee Solicitor
Chantelle Lui is a trainee solicitor in the firm’s Hong Kong office. Prior to joining the firm, Chantelle served as a summer intern in the commercial department of a Hong Kong law firm.
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Associate
Hugh McKeegan is an associate at the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He is a member of the complex commercial litigation and disputes practice group.
Professional Background
Mr. McKeegan served…
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Trainee Solicitor
Benjamin McLaughlin is a trainee solicitor in the firm’s London office. He is currently gaining experience in the Intellectual Property, Technology and Sports group. Mr. McLaughlin has…
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Associate
Jeremy McLaughlin is an associate in the firm’s San Francisco office and a member of the Consumer Financial Service group. His practice focuses principally on regulatory compliance and…
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Lawyer
John is a lawyer in the intellectual property team in Melbourne. His focus is on advising clients in relation to brand protection, trade marks, copyright and intellectual property…
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Partner
Elisabeth Yandell McNeil represents a variety of U.S. and international clients. Her practice focuses on energy and infrastructure transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint…
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Associate
Meghan Meade is an associate in the firm’s Newark office. Ms. Meade represents management in employment-related litigation, including defense against federal and state law claims of…
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Partner
Mr. Meagher is a partner in the Pittsburgh office. He concentrates his practice on insurance coverage and complex commercial litigation. He has broad litigation and arbitration experience…
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Partner
Ms. Meer is a partner in K&L Gates’ New York City and Washington, D.C. offices and a member of the Investment Management and Hedge Fund practice groups.
Ms. Meer structures private…
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Partner
Mr. Megally focuses his state and local tax practice on both Texas and multi-state matters, particularly relating to tax planning and controversies involving income tax, sales tax,…
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Associate
Connor Meggs is an associate at the firm’s Los Angeles office. He is a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation and Disputes practice group. His experience includes representing public…
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Partner
Mr. Porter is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He focuses his practice on government enforcement and internal investigations. He represents clients in matters before the…
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Government Affairs Advisor
Dennis Potter is a government affairs analyst at K&L Gates and focuses on federal policy. He represents corporate, trade association, and non-profit clients on a wide range of issues…
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Associate
Maggie Power is an associate at the firm’s Research Triangle Park office. She is a member of the health care practice group.
Professional Background
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Power…
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Special Counsel
Ms. Power has broad experience representing and advising organisations in general commercial litigation, employment, industrial relations and safety for more than 15 years. This has…
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Lawyer
Aaron Prabhu joins the Labour, Employment & Workplace Safety team in the Melbourne office.
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Attorney
Mr. Press’ practice focuses on federal and state income and excise tax matters involving (1) financial institutions and other corporations, (2) private investment and other partnerships and…
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Attorney
John Price is an associate in the Charlotte office. Mr. Price assists with mortgage and asset-backed securities, debt instruments and modifications, and securitization issues. He also has…
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Associate
Barry Price is a corporate associate in the Charlotte office and his practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and leveraged buyouts with respect to regional, national…
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Associate
Mr. Prichard focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and disputes, including oil, gas & resources and construction & infrastructure. Mr. Prichard has diversified…
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Associate
Vanessa Pronovost is an associate in the firm’s Portland office, focusing her practice on sophisticated finance transactions, including domestic and international acquisition finance,…
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Senior Associate
Ms Rumble's experience covers the full range of advisory and litigation aspects of employment and safety law for both private sector and public sector clients. She advises clients on…
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Partner
Paolo Rusconi is a partner in the firm’s Milan office. He concentrates his practice on banking and financial matters with a particular emphasis on debt restructurings transactions. He also…
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Partner
Mr. Rush is a partner with the firm and concentrates his practice on litigation as a trial lawyer, with emphasis on internal investigations, corporate criminal defense, Bank Secrecy Act and…
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Partner
Andrew Ruskin is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He is a member of the health care and FDA practice group.
Areas of Focus 

Health Care and FDA
Food, Drugs, Medical Devices…
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Partner
Mr Ruskin practises in labour relations and employment law. He represents corporations in a number of industries including energy, retail, services and healthcare, and public sector clients…
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Associate
Aaron Russ is admitted to practice in Michigan. He is not currently admitted in the District of Columbia. He is supervised by a member of the D.C. Bar.
Aaron Russ is an associate in the…
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Associate
Manuel Rustler is an associate in the firm’s Frankfurt office and member of the tax practice group. He advises clients with regard to the structuring and implementation of both cross-border…
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Counsel
Mohammad Rwashdeh is counsel in the dispute resolution team of the firm’s Dubai office, based in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Mr. Rwashdeh regularly advises and…
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Associate
Britney Ryan is an associate in the firm’s investment management group. Britney focuses her practice on advising investment advisers, registered and unregistered funds, and other financial…
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Lawyer
Rebecca is a lawyer in the Restructuring and Insolvency group with experience in commercial litigation advising a range of corporate clients, individuals, shareholders, financial…
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Associate
Benjamin Skillin is an associate and a member of the Asset Management and Investment Funds group.
Ben assists a broad range of global clients in both the private funds and registered funds…
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Trainee Solicitor
Joseph Skilton is a trainee solicitor in K&L Gates' London office and is currently a member of the Commercial Disputes practice. Joseph’s first seat was with the firm’s Real Estate…
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Partner
Josh Skora is a partner in the firm’s Dallas office, where he is a member of the health care & FDA practice group. His national practice focuses on representation of public and closely-…
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Partner
Ruta Skučas is a partner at the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and is a member of the Power practice group. Ruta advises her clients on energy issues, focusing primarily on electric and…
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Associate
Roger Smerage is an associate in the commercial disputes group of the Boston office of K&L Gates. He concentrates his practice in class action litigation and financial institutions and…
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Partner
Jeroen Smets is a partner in the firm’s Brussels office. He concentrates his practice on corporate, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, structured and leveraged finance matters with…
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Practice Area Leader - Real Estate
Wayne is a partner in the London office where he leads the real estate team, and he serves as co-practice area leader for the K&L Gates’ firm wide real estate practice. Wayne acts…
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Partner
Adam Smith is a partner in the Nashville office of K&L Gates. He is a member of the K&L Gates’s Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions practice. Adam represents clients across…
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Partner
Alex Smith has over 18 years' experience working on restructuring and insolvency matters across a wide range of industries and sectors including real estate, retail, infrastructure,…
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Senior Associate
Alice Smith is a litigation lawyer. She has extensive experience in medical defence litigation, coronial inquests, recovery actions, criminal law matters and general civil claims including…
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Senior Associate
Lauren Wrafter is a senior associate in our Corporate team. She has experience in the infrastructure, transport, defence, agribusiness and energy and resources sectors. She advises a range…
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Counsel
Jim Wrathall is counsel in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and focuses his practice on energy matters. He has particular experience in renewable and distributed energy development and…
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Partner
Mr. Wright is a partner in the Boston office of K&L Gates and has a broad-based commercial litigation practice. Mr. Wright has been actively involved in the trial and management of…
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Partner
Andrew Wright is a partner at the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and is a member of the public policy and law practice group. He guides clients through congressional oversight and…
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Partner
Mr. Wright concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, with an emphasis on representing corporate policyholders attempting to recover from their insurers. He has represented…
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Associate
Andrew Wu is an associate in the K&L Gates' San Francisco office and a member of the Commercial Disputes group. 
Clients turn to Andrew for his pragmatic legal advice, sharp instincts,…
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Consultant
Wu Dan’s practice focuses on M&A, FDI, general corporate, and food regulation. She has advised a variety of multinational corporations in their PRC projects, including acquisition of…
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Associate
Yibo Wu is an associate in the Shanghai office. His practice focuses on cross-border M&A and general corporate matters. He has represented many multinational companies in their cross-…
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Partner
Mr. Wulff is a partner in the firm’s Melbourne office. He focuses on preparing and prosecuting domestic and international patent applications spanning a broad array of technologies. Mr.…
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Associate
Beatrice Wun is an associate in the firm's Hong Kong office, where her practice focuses on asset management and investment funds, listed companies’ compliance, mergers and acquisitions (M…
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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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