News About K&L Gates
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’
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
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
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
K&L Gates names new managing partner and chair
Leaders of finance and corporate practices to take over leadership of top 25 US firm
K&L Gates hires former Gibson Dunn oil and gas co-head in Singapore
Partner Brad Roach joins with a senior associate
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
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
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
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
Holland & Knight beams up K&L Gates tech policy team in space exploration push
DC-based partners Daniel Ritter and Paul Stimers bring emerging tech and space expertise alongside senior policy advisor Dennis Potter
K&L Gates reels in seven-partner private equity team from Dentons' Pittsburgh arm
Defections from Dentons Cohen & Grigsby come three years after it signed up with global giant under project golden spike
K&L Gates secures senior funds trio from rival firms for Dublin debut
Partners join from Pinsent Masons, Dillon Eustace and Maples & Calder to launch US firm’s ninth European office
K&L Gates adds corporate and funds partner trio in Sydney from national firm
James Lomie, Natalya Hards and Lisa Lautier arrive from HWL Ebsworth
K&L Gates adds second capital markets partner in a month in Hong Kong
Jay Lee’s arrival from Simmons & Simmons follows Iris Leung joining from Linklaters in October
K&L Gates secures Brussels antitrust partner from Linklaters
Nikolaos Peristerakis is the third Brussels-based lawyer Linklaters has lost to a US firm this year
K&L Gates hires four renewables partners from Husch Blackwell as it launches in Kansas City
Three of the four will be based in the new Kansas City office, with the fourth joining in Austin