K&L Gates Again Recognized Among “Awesome Opponents” in Litigation by BTI Consulting Group

Pittsburgh - Global law firm K&L Gates LLP again has been recognized as one of the leading firms across the area of litigation in a survey of corporate counsel and in-house litigation heads by the BTI Consulting Group. In addition to being named among BTI’s “Awesome Opponents” in litigation for a second consecutive year, K&L Gates also earned rankings as a “Standout” firm in all eight areas of litigation in which BTI annually rates firms in the group’s “BTI Litigation Outlook,” including Class Actions and Torts, IP Litigation, Securities and Finance Litigation, Complex Commercial Litigation, Everyday Commercial Litigation, Complex Employment Litigation, Everyday Employment Litigation, and Product Liability Litigation.

Based on interviews with legal decision makers responsible for litigation at large organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue and across more than 15 industries, the “BTI Litigation Outlook 2018” survey ranks 650 firms according to respondents’ unprompted identification of their preferred law firms in different areas of litigation. 
 
K&L Gates also recently has been recognized by BTI as one of the world’s top law firms for superior client service for a fifth consecutive year in the 2017 BTI Client Service 30 and as one of the top law firm brands in the 2017 BTI Brand Elite: Client Perceptions of the Best-Branded Law Firms. This week, K&L Gates was ranked for a seventh consecutive year among Law360’s top 20 law firms for global work, and in February, was ranked by legal market research company Acritas among the 10 strongest U.S. law firm brands in its U.S. Law Firm Brand Index 2017.