The corporate practice at K&L Gates, composed of more than 475 lawyers, provides full-service corporate counsel to facilitate the structuring, financing and successful completion of acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, joint ventures/strategic alliances and recapitalizations, and public and private debt and equity offerings. We serve as counsel to publicly traded companies, privately held and venture-backed companies, partnerships, private equity firms and other investment funds, management groups and entrepreneurs. Our lawyers in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East are highly experienced in cross-border M&A, securities, regulatory and financing transactions and maintain a balance between company side and capital markets clients in virtually every industry.
Recent industry recognition includes the following:
- Thomson Reuters ranked K&L Gates #9 in U.S. Target Completed transactions for 2009 and #22 for Worldwide Completed.
- The 2010 Private Equity Analyst ranked K&L Gates as 8th most active U.S. law firm for the number of private equity deals negotiated and closed.
- K&L Gates received a #7 ranking in both U.S. Equity Offerings Issuer Advisors (IPO) and Equity Linked Issuer Advisors by Bloomberg Americas, 2009.
- PrivateRaise ranked K&L Gates No. 6 on its list of the 2009 Top 25 PIPE Issuer Law Firms (ranked by number of deals advised).
The K&L Gates corporate practice includes: corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, securities, and private equity and venture capital. Detailed information on these practice groups is available by clicking on the links below.
Corporate Governance
Companies need a full array of corporate capabilities in their law firm. K&L Gates' lawyers are experienced in serving clients' corporate legal needs, from routine business matters to business planning and highly specialized business law advice.
We serve as general or special legal advisors to many public and privately held corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, strategic alliances and joint ventures.
In providing a full range of corporate services, we are focused on working with clients to solve problems and achieve their objectives in the most efficient, effective and time-sensitive manner.
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Mergers and Acquisitions
A principal focus at K&L Gates is our mergers and acquisitions practice. Our corporate lawyers devote a significant portion of their time to facilitating the structuring, financing and successful completion of the full range of acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, joint ventures/strategic alliances and recapitalizations.
K&L Gates' mergers and acquisitions engagements encompass virtually all sizes and degrees of complexity. Clients have included publicly traded companies, privately held and venture-backed companies, partnerships, private equity firms and other investment funds, management groups and entrepreneurs.
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Securities
As a full-service global law firm, we have the experience and resources necessary to consistently provide the high-quality level of representation demanded by public companies on securities law matters. Our corporate and/or securities attorneys advise clients on securities issues specific to public companies and frequently assist with preparing and filing registration statements, proxy statements, quarterly and annual reports and other SEC filings.
K&L Gates regularly represents issuers, investment banks, placement agents, investors and investment groups in a wide range of transactional, compliance and regulatory securities matters. In addition to serving as company counsel, we provide experienced representation as underwriters' counsel in public offerings and other transactions.
We also regularly provide counsel to private companies on securities law matters in connection with financings.
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Private Equity and Venture Capital
Consistently recognized as a market leader not only by industry participants but also by leading trade publications, the lawyers in the K&L Gates private equity and venture capital group regularly represent both the general partner and limited partners of the funds that provide private capital as well as the companies, management teams and entrepreneurs who utilize that capital to acquire, create and grow businesses around the globe. We cover the entire spectrum transactions in the private equity markets, from formation to investment to exit.
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