Rankings & Recognitions
K&L Gates Receives More Than 200 Firm, Individual Recommendations in The Legal 500 United States 2026 Edition
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has been ranked in more than 35 practice areas in The Legal 500 United States 2026 edition, with the firm’s accolades including a Tier 1 ranking in the Shipping - litigation and regulation category. The edition also recommends more than 130 K&L Gates lawyers as leading practitioners. Published annually, The Legal 500 rankings recognize the practice area teams who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel.
As a firm, K&L Gates was recognized in the following categories:
- Alternative/hedge funds
- Aviation and air travel - finance
- Construction (including construction litigation)
- Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to corporates
- Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to individuals
- Delaware counsel
- E-discovery
- Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Energy litigation: oil and gas – mid-market ($0-500m)
- Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Energy transactions: electric power – mid-market ($0-500m)
- Environment: litigation
- Environment: regulatory
- Environment: transactional
- Financial Services Regulation: Banking
- Fintech
- General commercial disputes – mid-market ($0-250m)
- Government relations
- Healthcare: Service providers
- Insurance: Advice to policyholders
- International arbitration
- Life sciences (firm to watch)
- M&A litigation: defense
- M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Private equity buyouts: middle market (Up to $500m)
- Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate – mid-market ($0-500m)
- Shipping - litigation and regulation
- Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- US taxes: non-contentious
Along with the firm’s rankings, 11 K&L Gates lawyers were identified by The Legal 500 as either a “Hall of Fame” member, “Leading Partner,” “Next Generation Partner,” or “Leading Associate” in their respective practice areas. These lawyers, and the categories in which they were recognized, are:
- Leah Baucom - M&A: middle-market ($500m-$999m) [Next Generation Partner]
- Calvina Bostick - M&A: middle-market ($500m-$999m) [Leading Partner]
- Mark Goshko - Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds [Hall of Fame]
- Victoria Hamscho - Government relations [Leading Associate]
- Tanner Honea - Shipping: litigation and regulation [Next Generation Partner]
- George Kontakis - Shipping - litigation and regulation [Next Generation Partner]
- Ndenisarya Meekins - Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds [Leading Partner]
- Karishma Page - Government relations [Leading Partner]
- Michael Scanlon - Government relations [Leading Partner]; Shipping - litigation and regulation [Leading Partner]
- Elle Stuart - Shipping - litigation and regulation [Leading Associate]
- Scott Waxman - Delaware counsel [Leading Partner]
To view the firm's full rankings, including the listed lawyers, visit The Legal 500 United States 2026 edition.
K&L Gates is a globally integrated law firm trusted by sophisticated clients to deliver market leading legal counsel across jurisdictions and industries. Operating as one firm worldwide, K&L Gates combines deep local insight with seamless global coordination to address clients’ most complex legal and business challenges. Guided by a relentless focus on client service, the firm delivers practical, high impact solutions with consistency, efficiency, and a clear emphasis on results.
