1. AT A GLANCE
Our Firm
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Gates is one of the largest law
technology, manufacturing, energy,
firms in the world, with more than
transportation, telecommunications,
2,000 lawyers in 48 fully integrated
financial services, health care, life
offices on five continents.
sciences, sustainable development,
and infrastructure, among others.
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firm has a strong presence in
key capital cities and world
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Peter J. Kalis has served as the
commercial and financial centers,
firm’s Chairman and Global
and we represent a broad array of
Managing Partner since 1997 and
Global 500, Fortune 100, and FTSE
was named in 2013 as one of the
100 corporations in nearly every
“Top 50 Innovators in Big Law in
major industry.
the Last 50 Years” by The American
Lawyer magazine.
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more than 400 lawyers located
in 11 distinct Asia Pacific markets
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What does it mean to be integrated?
provide us with the largest
In 2012, nearly 470 of our 500
integrated presence of any U.S.-
largest clients used lawyers in two
based law firm in the Asia
or more of our offices, and 15 of our
Pacific region.
20 largest clients used lawyers in
10 or more of our offices. The
Gates’ lawyers are leaders in
average number of offices engaged
legal issues relating to industries
on projects by the firm’s 20 largest
critical to the economies of both the
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clients was 15.3.
developed and developing worlds—
We operate at the critical crossroads of the 21st
century, offering clients experienced legal counsel at
the intersection of globalization, regulation, and innovation.

2. Recognition
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Named “Law Firm of the Year” by Mergers Acquisitions
magazine in 2013.
For three consecutive years, KL Gates was named to the
“Global 20,” being cited as one of the 20 law firms with the
greatest global reach and expertise by Law360 in 2013, 2012,
and 2011.
The National Law Journal included KL Gates in its 2013
“Intellectual Property Hot List,” a ranking honoring 20 law firms
that have demonstrated creative, formidable talent in litigation,
patent prosecution, and deal-making.
KL Gates’ client service is rated among the best in the world,
having been named by the BTI Consulting Group to the 2013
“BTI Client Service 30,” an elite ranking that recognizes the
leading law firms in driving superior client relationships
according to a survey of general counsel.
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KL Gates and our lawyers were ranked as global or regional
leaders in 60 categories across 21 countries and regions in the
2013 editions of the annual Chambers Global, Chambers AsiaPacific, and Chambers Latin America guides. The 2013 Chambers
USA guide ranked the firm in 36 nationwide and state categories.
KL Gates was named one of “America’s Best Corporate Law
Firms” by Corporate Board Member Magazine, in association with
FTI Consulting, Inc. in 2012.
For the third consecutive year, KL Gates was among the top two
law firms for first tier rankings in the 2013 U.S. News-Best Lawyers
survey of “Best Law Firms” with more than 200, including 33
national practice rankings and 169 metropolitan rankings in
19 locations.
KL Gates ranked No. 15 among U.S. law firm brands by Acritas’
U.S. Law Firm Brand Index Report, marking the second
consecutive year the firm has been named among the top 25
law firm brands in the United States.
Reach
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Our firm has the largest presence among integrated U.S. law firms
in the Asia Pacific region, with 400 lawyers based in 11 markets—
Beijing, Brisbane, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Perth, Seoul, Shanghai,
Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, and Tokyo.
With approximately 300 lawyers based in Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt,
London, Milan, Moscow, Paris, and Warsaw, KL Gates is located in
Europe’s largest economies.
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Our Doha and Dubai offices serve as hubs for our work in the Middle
East, a key crossroad for international trade and finance. Our team in
the Gulf Region serves Middle Eastern clients both domestically
and abroad, as well as international clients doing business in the
Middle East.
With one of the world’s most renowned regulatory practices, the firm
has offices in 13 global capitals.
Our São Paulo, Brazil office is a strategic location from which KL
Gates serves clients’ needs in South America.
Diversity/Pro Bono
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For the past six years, our firm has been a lead sponsor of the
Corporate Counsel Women of Color (CCWC) annual conference.
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In 2011, a new Firmwide Director of Diversity and Inclusion
was appointed and charged with tasks that are global in scope
and focus.
Minority, women, disabled, and LGBT lawyers continue to become
increasingly engaged at KL Gates by taking on leadership roles
that include service on the Management Committee, Executive
Committee, and Practice Group Coordinators.
Our firm is a member of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
(LCLD), an organization of corporate chief legal officers and
law firm managing partners dedicated to increasing diversity
throughout the legal profession. Pete Kalis is also a member of
its board of directors and serves as vice-chair of its Strategy and
Innovation Committee.
Our firm’s Women in the Profession Committee is a leader
in the profession with a mission to identify and promote
ways to develop our women lawyers’ advancement of
their careers.
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KL Gates was awarded the Women In Law Empowerment Forum
(WILEF) Gold Standard Certification in 2011, 2012, and 2013.
WILEF Certification emphasizes leadership roles achieved by
women partners, and firms are eligible for certification if they
successfully demonstrate that women represent a meaningful
percentage of the firm’s equity partners, highest leadership
positions, governance and compensation committees, and most
highly compensated partners.
The Human Rights Campaign awarded KL Gates a 100 percent
score in the organization’s 2012 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), and
named the firm a “Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality.” This
marks the second year in a row that the firm has achieved this honor.
KL Gates has a firmwide Pro Bono Committee, which oversees
the firm’s pro bono programs in collaboration with Pro Bono
Coordinators who direct the efforts in each of our 48 offices.
Our firm handles hundreds of pro bono matters each year. Firm
lawyers litigate civil rights cases, establish and advise nonprofit
organizations, assist such organizations in transactions, and
represent indigent persons in consumer, landlord-tenant, and
immigration matters.