Nicholas A. Leibham

Nick Leibham is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. and San Diego offices. Mr. Leibham is part of the innovation law and policy group and spearheads the emerging technologies public policy practice which includes a multi-disciplinary portfolio of clients and matters to which he devotes his time. Mr. Leibham primarily advises clients that have a substantial revenue stream derived from, or their business model relies upon or is impacted by, government. This may include aspects of federal funding and business development initiatives, procurement, public-private-partnerships, regulatory matters and rule makings or tax issues, for example.

Mr. Leibham’s approach to serving his clients is to take a holistic view of their needs. Having practiced as a corporate and commercial transactions attorney before joining the Public Policy and Law Group at K&L Gates, Mr. Leibham is quite cognizant of the opportunities and strains companies are under, whether due to operations and finance or business development and personnel. And, as former trial attorney, Mr. Leibham recognizes that minimizing risk and the chances of adversarial dealings is generally a wiser direction than the alternative. Mr. Leibham’s primary goal is to be viewed as a trusted counselor, advising clients on law and government, so that those clients can make decisions that will lead to successfully navigating federal and state marketplaces.