K&L Gates LLP’s well-established client base includes legal, marketing, IT, and security departments across the advertising, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications and e-commerce industries. The team handles multi-jurisdictional technology transactions and issues in the software industry, as well as having expertise in blockchain and trademark optimisation matters.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Testimonials
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- ‘This team stands out for its deep expertise in data privacy, IT, and internet law, offering clear, business-oriented solutions to complex regulatory challenges.'
- 'Compared to other firms, the team delivers agile, practical, and forward-thinking advice that consistently meets the evolving needs of digital businesses.’
- ‘The K&L Gates team truly stands out as a fully integrated pan-European practice.'
Key clients
- Coty Inc.
- Crédit Mutuel Arkéa
- Crypto.com
- Cyber Civil Rights Initiative
- Bellroy
- Ergotron
- Impress
- International Justice Mission
- Enigma Softyware
- Maytronics Limited
- SharkNinja
- World Organisation for Animal Health
- Hyconiq
- Cardo Systems
Work highlights
Advising the new venture from French serial entrepreneur Guillaume de Malzac, Impress, including on drafting the T&Cs of services for individual job applicants, and the terms of the partnership agreement with corporate employers, as well as the complete review of compliance with GDPR.
Assisting the World Organisation for Animal Health further to the execution of an enterprise resource planning integration agreement with a previous software publisher.
Represented Enigma Software in litigation against one of its competitors.