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K&L Gates Changes Formal Firm Name
July 1, 2008


New York— The partners of global law firm K&L Gates have voted to change the firm’s formal name from Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP to K&L Gates LLP. The change, which is effective on July 1, capitalizes on the firm’s successful branding efforts since K&L Gates’ creation through the January 2007 combination of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP and Preston Gates & Ellis LLP.

“In a short 18 months, ‘K&L Gates’ has come to reflect the converged brand power of the firm’s international platform,” said K&L Gates Chairman and Global Managing Partner Peter J. Kalis. “The name ‘K&L Gates’ has been well received by the business community, courts and other governmental agencies, legal journalists, and lawyers throughout the profession.”

Law firm branding consultant Norm Rubenstein of Zeughauser Group said: “In its march towards global prominence, K&L Gates has accomplished two enviable goals: it has grown strategically--both in service mix and footprint--and it has managed effectively how clients, prospects, and recruits understand its new scope. Shortening its name is a savvy accommodation to a marketplace that has followed its expanding platform with interest and that already knows the firm as K&L Gates.”
 
Contact: Peter J. Kalis, +1.212.536.4828,

K&L Gates comprises approximately 1,700 lawyers in 28 offices located in North America, Europe and Asia, and represents capital markets participants, entrepreneurs, growth and middle market companies, leading FORTUNE 100 and FTSE 100 global corporations and public sector entities.

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