BELGIUM
Aviation
Commercial, corporate and M&A
Competition: EU and global
Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
FRANCE
Data privacy and data protection
Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
Dispute resolution: International arbitration
Industry focus: IT and Internet
Mergers and acquisitions
GERMANY
Corporate
Entertainment
M&A: mid-sized deals (SUB-€500M)
Public procurement
Real estate
Recognised Practices
recogniSed individuals
Martin von Albrecht - Entertainment, Germany [Leading Individual]
Nazanin Aleyaseen - Employment, United Arab Emirates [Leading individual]
Anna Amprimo - Real estate and construction, Italy [Rising Star]
Claude-Etienne Armingaud - Data privacy and data protection, France [Leading Individual]
Elias Matni - Banking, finance and capital markets, Qatar [Rising Star]
Giovanni Meschia - Investment funds, Italy [Leading Individual]
Annette Mutschler-Siebert - Public procurement, Germany [Leading Individual]
Paolo Rusconi - Restructuring and insolvency, Italy [Leading Individual]
All Singapore rankings relate to practices and individuals who are members of K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, a Singapore law firm which is the Singapore office of K&L Gates.
ITALY
Banking and finance: borrower side
Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
Commercial, corporate and M&A
Employment
Industry Focus: Energy
Investment funds
Real estate and construction
Restructuring and insolvency
Tax
QATAR
Commercial, corporate and M&A
Dispute resolution
Projects, real estate and construction
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Dispute resolution: arbitration and international litigation
Employment
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has been ranked in more than 30 practice areas in The Legal 500 United States 2022 edition, with the firm’s accolades again including Tier 1 rankings in the M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) and Transport: shipping - litigation and regulation categories. The edition also recommends 115 K&L Gates lawyers as leading practitioners.
Published annually, The Legal 500 rankings recognize the practice area teams who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel.
K&L GATES PRACTICES AND LAWYERS RECOGNIZED IN THE LEGAL 500 UNITED STATES 2022 EDITION
The firm’s Policy and Regulatory practice group was recognized in the following categories:
Alternative/hedge funds
Construction (including construction litigation)
Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to corporates
Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to individuals
Delaware counsel
E-discovery
Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
Energy: renewable/alternative power
Energy litigation: conventional power
Energy litigation: oil and gas
Energy regulation: conventional power
Energy regulation: oil and gas
Energy transactions: conventional power
Environment: litigation
Environment: regulatory
Fintech
General commercial disputes
Government contracts
Government relations
Healthcare: service providers
Insurance: advice to policyholders
M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
Outsourcing
Private equity buyouts
Private equity funds (including venture capital)
Real estate
Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
Transport: aviation and air travel - finance
Transport: shipping - litigation and regulation
Recognized Practices 2022
To view the firm's full rankings and commentary, please visit The Legal 500 United States edition.
As a firm,
K&L Gates was recognized in the following categories:
Alternative/hedge funds
Construction (including construction litigation)
Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to corporates
Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to individuals
Delaware counsel
E-discovery
Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
Energy: renewable/alternative power
Energy litigation: conventional power
Energy litigation: oil and gas
Energy regulation: conventional power
Energy regulation: oil and gas
Energy transactions: conventional power
Environment: litigation
Environment: regulatory
Fintech
General commercial disputes
Government contracts
Government relations
Healthcare: service providers
Insurance: advice to policyholders M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
Outsourcing
Private equity buyouts
Private equity funds (including venture capital)
Real estate
Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
Transport: aviation and air travel - finance
Transport: shipping - litigation and regulation
Erica Bakies - Government contracts [Rising Star]
Leah Baucom - M&A: middle-market [Next Generation Partner]
Calvina Bostick - M&A: middle-market [Next Generation Partner]
Ndenisarya Bregasi - Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds [Leading Individual]
Mark Goshko - Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds [Hall of Fame]
Amy Conant Hoang - Government contracts [Next Generation Partner]
Jeffrey King - Transport: shipping [Leading Individual]
George Kontakis - Transport: shipping [Next Generation Partner]
Luke Reid - Transport: shipping [Next Generation Partner]
Emanuel Rouvelas - Government relations [Leading Individual]
Michael Scanlon - Government relations [Leading Individual] and Transport:
shipping [Leading Individual]
Scott Waxman - Delaware counsel [Leading Individual]
Ifigeneia Xanthopoulou - Transport: shipping [Rising Star]
Robert Zinn - M&A: middle-market [Hall of Fame]
recognized individuals
Along with the firm’s rankings, 14 K&L Gates lawyers were identified by The Legal 500 as either a “Leading Individual,” “Next Generation Partner,” or “Rising Star” in their respective practice areas. These lawyers, and the categories in which they are recognized, were:
