All Things K&L Gates
This figure provides a "window" into our history as the one named partner in our name.
Who is Bill Gates, Sr.?
This state's Chancery court is responsible for the key cases that either define or help shape much of M&A practice in the United States.
What is Delaware?
Which firm was recognized by Best Lawyers’ Best Law Firms® as the 2020, 2022 and 2024 Corporate Law Firm of the Year.
What is K&L Gates?
This U.S. legislation went into effect in January 2024 and requires certain businesses to submit a beneficial ownership information report to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the United States Department of Treasury.
What is the Corporate Transparency Act?
A "prime" example of an integrated client, this was the firm's largest client in 2023.
What is Amazon?
You may find yourself met with a friendly mouse if visiting one of these locations in Anaheim, Orlando, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong or Shanghai.
What is a Disney Theme Park?
You may want to grab a Guinness at the Retreat with a partner from this newest K&L Gates office.
What is Dublin?
The use of these, often used to address valuation gaps, increased in deals in 2023.
What are earnouts?
With more than 305 lawyers, this practice group is the largest in K&L Gates' Corporate practice area.
What is M&A?
The 2023 Merger Guidelines issued by these two US government agencies lower the thresholds at which a merger will be considered presumptively illegal.
What are the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ)?
These were the top two industries of our Corporate clients in 2023.
What are Financial Services and Technology.
Brewer's yeast is the main ingredient of this thick, dark brown food spread popular in Australia.
What is Vegemite?
Asset Management & Investment Funds, Corporate, Energy Infrastructure and Resources, Finance, Intellectual Property, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Policy & Regulatory and Real Estate.
What are the 9 Practice Areas at K&L Gates?
This definition in a purchase agreement is often negotiated to include carveouts to its carveouts and may or may not address "prospects."
What is "Material Adverse Effect/MAE" (or "Material Adverse Change/MAC")?
Hong Kong for Asia, London for Europe, Pittsburgh for the Americas and Sydney for Australia.
What are the K&L Gates offices with the largest Corporate headcount in each region?
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission recently voted to ban employers from entering into these types of agreements.
What are Non-Compete Agreements?
It was announced in early 2024 that Boston Scientific would acquire this K&L Gates Corporate client for $3.7B.
What is Axonics?
The hottest ticket in the past year, this tour was the first to gross over $1B.
What is Taylor Swift's Eras Tour?
In 2013, K&L Gates combined with this Australian law firm to expand the global footprint to a new continent.
What is Middletons?
Post-closing purchase price adjustment provisions (such as those based on the difference between an estimate of closing net working capital and actual closing net working capital), are common in U.S. deals, while this alternative approach is typically used in European deals.
What is the "lock box" (or "locked box") approach?
Only 208 of the 348 deals submitted to DealBank in 2023 had this designation.
What are deals we could disclose?
The new Safe Harbor rules recently added by this country will simplify requirements to transfer data out of this country.
What is China?
Approximately 50% of Corporate revenue comes in under one of these pre-agreed structures.
What is an AFA?
Princess Henry of Wales refers to this member of the royal family.
Who is Meghan Markle?
In 2023, the firm devoted more than 48,000 hours to this noble cause.
What is Pro Bono?
There is no such thing as a UK version of this type of company, only English and Scottish forms.
What are private limited companies?
Just shy of $300M, this 2023 financial metric really highlights what an incredible practice this is.
What is the (managed) revenue generated by the Corporate Practice Area?
Treasurer Dr. Jim Chalmers recently proposed sweeping reforms to this country's competition law merger control regime.
What is Australia?
Only 8% of Corporate revenue comes from clients in this "tier" representing clients who bring in over $3M+ in annual revenue to the firm.
What are tier 1 clients?
BTS, Blackpink and Monsta X.
What are K-Pop bands?