Our London office is located in the modern iconic premises of One New Change in the heart of the city of London.
The office is well known for providing integrated legal teams to address the particular needs of a client, whether a complex global transaction, a corporate investigation, or a major dispute resolution exercise. One of our key integrated services is our global boardroom risk offering, which covers all aspects of legal, regulatory, and compliance risk or any combination of risks that can affect an organisation and its board. We work with clients on matters ranging from fraud and corruption to employment and workplace safety, as well as from corporate governance to competition issues and cyber risks. We also advise on regulatory and criminal investigations and insurance coverage issues. Our Insurance Recovery and Counselling team also has extensive experience representing policyholders in presenting and pursuing claims against the London insurance market and beyond.
Our London office provides comprehensive, international, domestic, and cross-border advice across a broad range of areas. On the transactional side, we have extensive experience in corporate, commercial, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets transactions. Our real estate experience covers investment, acquisitions and dispositions, development, construction, project finance, tax, planning and environmental issues, leasing, property management, property holding restructuring, financing, and dispute resolution. Our Finance lawyers advise banks and borrowers on all aspects of mainstream lending, structured finance, commercial real estate financing, and restructuring transactions. We also have a dedicated Aviation team with experience representing airlines, financial institutions, and leasing companies around the globe.
Our Intellectual Property team works on a wide range of commercial, regulatory, and intellectual property matters, particularly in the technology, sports, consumer products, luxury, and gambling sectors. Our Asset Management and Investment Funds practice advises on the organisation and day-to-day operation of a range of investment funds and fund managers. On the Litigation and Dispute Resolution side, our team has the depth of experience and the capability to deal with even the most complex and difficult engagements efficiently and cost effectively. We manage cases in the English courts and all major arbitral forums with a leading International Arbitration practice. We handle white-collar defence work and corporate crime matters, and undertake proceedings before regulatory and administrative bodies. In addition, we provide advice on all EU and UK competition laws and represent clients’ interests before the European Commission.
Much of the advice we provide from London involves a combination of the above areas, bespoke to the needs of our clients and the particular matter in hand.
This area and the areas linked below provide information regarding K&L Gates LLP registered in England and Wales under number OC309508 (authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority with the number 408245) and any reference to a partner or a member in relation to the firm is a reference to a member of that LLP. A list of the names of the members and their professional qualifications may be inspected at our registered office: One New Change, London, EC4M 9AF, England. We advise only on English law.
The regulatory body for solicitors in England and Wales, the Solicitors Regulation Authority, requires us to provide clients with certain information which can be found on our Legal Notices page here (under the sub-heading “United Kingdom Specific Information”) and which includes the following:
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- Further details of our regulatory bodies.
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- Compulsory professional indemnity insurance.
- Lawyer experience.
- Our statement concerning the Criminal Justice Act 2017.
- Our current slavery and human trafficking statement (Modern Slavery Act 2016).
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Our firm comprises multiple affiliated entities: a limited liability partnership named K&L Gates LLP registered in England and Wales and maintaining offices in London and Paris; a limited liability partnership of the same name qualified in Delaware (K&L Gates-US) and maintaining offices in certain states throughout the USA and in Beijing (K&L Gates LLP Beijing Representative Office), Berlin, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Munich, Seoul (K&L Gates LLP Seoul Foreign Legal Consultant Office) and Shanghai (K&L Gates LLP Shanghai Representative Office); an Australian multi-disciplinary partnership (K&L Gates-AUS) maintaining offices in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney; a Delaware general partnership (K&L Gates Belgium) maintaining an office in Brussels; a limited liability partnership established under the laws of Ireland (K&L Gates (Ireland) LLP) maintaining an office in Dublin; a private limited company registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies (K&L Gates Volckrick S.à.r.l) with an office in Luxembourg; a Hong Kong general partnership (K&L Gates, Solicitors) maintaining an office in Hong Kong; a professional association established and organised under the laws of Italy (Studio Legale Associato) maintaining an office in Milan; a general partnership organised under the laws of Brazil (K&L Gates LLP–Consultores em Direito Estrangeiro/Direito Norte-Americano) maintaining an office in São Paulo; a Taiwan general partnership (K&L Gates) maintaining an office in Taipei; a joint enterprise formed in accordance with Japanese regulations (K&L Gates Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) maintaining an office in Tokyo; and a limited liability company organised under the laws of Singapore (K&L Gates Straits Law LLC) maintaining an office in Singapore.
Chambers
Ranked by Chambers UK for Asset Finance: Aviation Finance, UK-wide, 2025
Ranked by Chambers UK for Capital Markets: AIM, UK-wide, 2025
Ranked by Chambers UK for Construction: Contentious, 2025
Ranked by Chambers UK for Construction: Non-contentious, 2025
Ranked by Chambers UK for Corporate/M&A: £100-800 million, 2025
Ranked by Chambers UK for Real Estate: £50-150 million, 2025
Ranked by Chambers UK for Transport: Rail: Projects & Infrastructure, 2025
Ranked by Chambers Europe for Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market in UK, 2024
Ranked by Chambers Global for Insurance Sector: Policyholder (International & Cross-Border) in the United Kingdom, 2024
Ranked by Chambers UK for Asset Finance: Aviation Finance, UK-wide, 2024
Ranked by Chambers UK for Capital Markets: AIM, UK-wide, 2024
Ranked by Chambers UK for Construction: Contentious in London, 2024
Ranked by Chambers UK for Construction: Non-contentious in London, 2024
Ranked by Chambers UK for Corp/M&A: £100-800 million in London, 2024
Ranked by Chambers UK for Transport: Rail: Projects & Infrastructure, UK-wide, 2024
Ranked by Chambers UK for Asset Finance: Aviation Finance, UK-wide, 2023
Ranked by Chambers UK for Construction: Contentious in London, 2023
Ranked by Chambers UK for Construction: Non-contentious in London, 2023
Ranked by Chambers UK for Corp/M&A: £100-800 million in London, 2023
Ranked by Chambers UK for Transport: Rail: Projects & Infrastructure, 2023
Legal 500
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Aviation in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Commercial contracts in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Commercial litigation: mid-market in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Commercial property: corporate occupiers in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Commercial property: development in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Commercial property: investment in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Construction: contentious in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Construction: non-contentious in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Corporate restructuring & insolvency in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Electoral in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Environment in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Equity capital markets small-mid cap in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for EU and competition in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals) in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Insurance litigation: for policyholders in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for International arbitration in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for M&A: lower mid-market deals, £100m-£750m in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Oil and gas in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Planning in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m) in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Private funds in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Property finance in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Rail in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates) in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Retail and consumer in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Retail funds in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Transport finance and leasing in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom in London, for Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to €250m) category, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Electoral in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Environment in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Equity capital markets small-mid cap in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for EU and competition in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Aviation in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Commercial contracts in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Commercial litigation: mid-market in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Commercial property: corporate occupiers in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Commercial property: development in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Commercial property: investment in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals) in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Hedge Funds in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Construction: contentious in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Construction: non-contentious in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Corporate restructuring & insolvency in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Insurance litigation: for policyholders in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for International arbitration in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Property finance in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Rail in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates) in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Retail and consumer in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Retail funds in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Transport finance and leasing in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Oil and gas in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Planning in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Private funds in London, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for M&A: lower mid-market deals (£100m-£750m) in London, 2024
