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Chair and Chief Operating Officer: Robert Grammig

Managing Partner: David Whitestone

Deputy Managing Partner: Tiffani Lee

Number of Partners: 1,133

Number of Lawyers: 2,131

U.S. Offices: 29

International Offices: 5

Languages: Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Croatian, Danish, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Guarani, Gujarti, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Shanghainese, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Urdu, Vietnamese


Firm Overview:

Founded in 1968, Holland & Knight is a global law firm with approximately 2,200 lawyers and other professionals in 34 offices, including 29 U.S. offices, along with offices in Algiers, Algeria; Bogotá, Colombia; London; Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico. Among the nation's largest law firms, we provide representation in business, governmental, healthcare, litigation and real estate law. Interdisciplinary practice groups and industry-based teams provide clients with access to attorneys throughout the firm, regardless of location.

Holland & Knight offers decades of experience in an array of industries, businesses and government organizations, which results in helping clients identify and capture opportunities while mitigating risk and liability. The firm is also well-positioned to guide domestic and global corporations in navigating U.S. government policy changes. Our established relationships with key policymakers, regulatory and legislative experience, and advocacy strategies greatly benefits clients and provides an additional avenue to successfully resolve matters.


Service without boundaries: The firm is organized into five practice sections: business, government, healthcare, litigation and real estate. Through integrated practice groups and industry-based teams, we can provide efficient and responsive legal representation anywhere in the world. We serve based on needs, not merely location. Our interdisciplinary approach helps to ensure that domestic and international clients have access to the lawyers with the most appropriate experience.


As a full-service firm, Holland & Knight offers our global clients an array of services to meet and exceed their business objectives, including:


Banking and financial services: Holland & Knight's banking and finance practice is as diverse as the needs of the clients it serves. Clients in all segments of the finance and financial services industry count on the skill, knowledge and experience of our firm to assist them in their important transactions, controversies, regulatory, governmental affairs and other matters. These clients include global banks, large U.S. domestic and regional banks, insurance companies, asset managers, private equity groups, trust companies, community banks, servicing companies, financial technology (FinTech) and emerging products and services.


Corporate, M&A and securities: Holland & Knight advises public and private companies in a broad range of domestic and international corporate transactions, financings and securities law matters.


Energy: Holland & Knight provides a full array of legal services to the energy sector in the U.S. and abroad. The firm's energy attorneys and professionals work in all areas of energy-related regulatory, legislative, transactional and litigation matters, as well as the world's newest, most innovative energy opportunities.


Healthcare and life sciences: As the largest healthcare and life sciences practices in the U.S., the firm represents the full scope of healthcare-related businesses in all aspects of their regulatory issues and operations. Clients range from all providers along the care continuum, managed care companies and health plans to pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology firms and medical device manufacturers.


Intellectual property: Holland & Knight's IP attorneys have significant experience handling the issues surrounding complex patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and unfair competition matters. They are experienced in a wide array of technical disciplines, and many hold degrees in areas such as computer and software engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering.


Labor, employment and benefits: Holland & Knight represents management in all areas of labor and employment law, including civil rights, discrimination and retaliation; class actions; labor relations; non-competition, trade secrets and defecting employees; Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), workplace safety and whistleblower claims; Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)/employee benefits and executive compensation; and immigration, nationality and consular law.


Litigation: Holland & Knight has one of the largest litigation practices in the United States. Former federal prosecutors and regulatory officials form a key part of the group, which handles multimillion-dollar class actions, securities litigation, product liability, mass tort cases and white-collar criminal defense.


Public policy and regulation: Holland & Knight's public policy and regulation practice group consists of more than 100 lawyers and other professionals engaged in federal, state and local government affairs, regulatory counseling and related disciplines.


Real estate and land use: Holland & Knight's real estate practice is among the largest of any U.S. law firm. Nearly all of the firm's offices are staffed to provide clients with high-quality local, national and international service when handling the wide variety of issues related to real estate transactions, regulations and litigation.


Tax: Holland & Knight represents clients in all types of taxation matters – international, federal, state and local, employee benefits and executive compensation. The firm's services are preventive and remedial. Clients range from Fortune 100 companies to individuals protecting their personal and business assets.


Transportation: Holland & Knight lawyers serve public and private sector clients operating in the many facets of the transportation industry. The firm's Transportation Team is a recognized international leader and has extensive experience in the areas of aviation, freight rail, infrastructure, maritime and shipping, mass transit and public transportation, and trucking and logistics.


Wealth management: Holland & Knight's Private Wealth Services Group focuses almost exclusively on the needs of high-net-worth clients and estates. It is nationally recognized in fields as diverse as estate and generation-skipping transfer tax planning, sophisticated charitable giving, probate litigation, IRS litigation, life insurance planning, business succession planning, asset protection, international taxation, charitable organizations and private foundations.


A team approach that covers all the bases.


Holland & Knight's industry-focused client teams have significant experience in key sectors, including:

•Energy & Natural Resources

•Finance & Financial Services

•Healthcare & Life Sciences

•Real Estate & Hospitality

•Technology & Telecommunications

•Transportation & Infrastructure

With a one-firm team approach, attorneys collaborate with colleagues across all of the firm's U.S. and international offices and practice areas to efficiently counsel clients. Multidisciplinary teams are designed to comprehensively address the full scope of clients' legal challenges and opportunities.

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USA - Head office
Colombia
  • Bogotá
    Carrera 7 # 71-21 Torre A, Piso 8 , Bogotá, Capital District, Colombia
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Mexico
  • Mexico City
    Paseo de las Palmas No. 405, Suite 504, Col. Lomas de Chapultepec, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico, 11000
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    Mexico City
    Paseo de la Reforma No. 342 Piso 28, Col. Juárez, Del. Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico, 06600
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    Monterrey
    Ricardo Margáin No. 335, Torre II, Piso 2 Col. Valle del Campestre San Pedro Garza García, N.L. , Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 66265
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USA
  • Atlanta
    1180 West Peachtree Street, One Atlantic Center, Suite 1800, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, GA 30309
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    Dallas
    One Arts Plaza 1722 Routh Street Suite 1500 , Dallas, Texas, USA, TX 75201
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    Houston
    811 Main Street, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas, USA, TX 77002
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    New York
    31 West 52nd Street, New York, New York, USA, NY 10019
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    Richmond
    200 South 10th Street Suite 1000 , Richmond, Virginia, USA, 23219
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    San Francisco
    560 Mission St Suite 1900 , San Francisco, California, USA, CA 94105
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    Washington, DC
    800 17th Street, NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC, District of Columbia, USA, 20006
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Colombia
Banking & Finance
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
3
Banking & Finance
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Band 3
Lawyers
3
Camilo Gantiva
3
Band 3
U
Juliana Saa
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Up and Coming
Capital Markets
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
4
Camilo Gantiva
4
Band 4
Corporate/M&A
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
4
Corporate/M&A
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Band 4
Lawyers
5
Julia Velásquez
5
Band 5
Dispute Resolution
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
4
Dispute Resolution
4
Band 4
Lawyers
4
José Gutiérrez Mestre
4
Band 4
Energy & Natural Resources
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
1
José Vicente Zapata Lugo
1
Band 1
Intellectual Property
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
4
Danilo Romero
4
Band 4
Tax
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
4
Gustavo Pardo
4
Band 4
Cuba
General Business Law: International Firms
1 Department
Department
3
General Business Law: International Firms
3
Band 3
Global Market Leaders
Asset Finance
1 Department
3 Ranked Lawyers
Department
3
Asset Finance
3
Band 3
Lawyers
John F Pritchard
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John F Pritchard
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Senior Statespeople
Nathan Leavitt
4
Nathan Leavitt
4
Band 4
Phillip Durham
4
Phillip Durham
Head of Asset Finance
4
Band 4
Shipping: Finance
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
3
Shipping: Finance
3
Band 3
Lawyers
Jovi Tenev
3
Jovi Tenev
3
Band 3
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Department
4
Shipping: Litigation
4
Band 4
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Christopher R Nolan
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