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K&L Gates axes 10% of staff roles

Cuts equating to around 180 roles follows review ‘to better align with how our business operates today and support future growth’

17 Jul 2026

Reed Smith boosts Boston office with disputes team hire from K&L Gates

Incoming group includes three partners, with a fourth joining in its Princeton office

9 Apr 2026

K&L Gates achieves certification for responsible AI use

US law firm says it is one of the first large law firms to be certified to the international standard for AI

13 Mar 2026

Arnold & Porter hires partner group from K&L Gates to launch in Seattle

New Seattle office will be led by partner and Western US strategic growth chair Pallavi Mehta Wahi

28 Jul 2025

K&L Gates names new managing partner and chair

Leaders of finance and corporate practices to take over leadership of top 25 US firm

28 May 2025

K&L Gates hires former Gibson Dunn oil and gas co-head in Singapore

Partner Brad Roach joins with a senior associate

11 Nov 2024

Hogan Lovells bolsters City bench with trio of private capital hires from US rivals

Transatlantic firm adds lawyers from K&L Gates, Ropes & Gray and Weil to help target global private capital market across full investment lifecycle

16 Jul 2024

K&L Gates promotes 25 to partnership as Akin Gump makes up 13

Akin’s round sees women again dominate as K&L Gates’ shrinks from last year’s 40-strong cohort

3 Jan 2024

K&L Gates hires Baker McKenzie’s US financial regulation co-chairs as partners

Jennifer Klass and Amy Greer join the investment funds and white collar practices respectively in New York

23 Aug 2023

Perkins Coie adds K&L Gates renewables practice leads on West Coast

Buck Endemann and Elizabeth Crouse join as Inflation Reduction Act heralds clean energy investment boom

15 May 2023