Holland & Knight LLP

Chair and Chief Operating Officer: Robert Grammig 

Managing Partner: David Whitestone

Deputy Managing Partner: Tiffani Lee

Number of Partners: 1,146

Number of Lawyers: 2,174

U.S. Offices: 29

International Offices: 5

Firm Overview 

With roots that date to 1889, Holland & Knight is a global law firm with approximately 2,200 lawyers and other professionals in 34 offices. Among the nation's largest law firms, it provides 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 has decades of experience advising an array of industries, businesses and government organizations, which results in helping clients identify and capture opportunities while mitigating risk and liability.

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, it can provide efficient and responsive legal representation anywhere in the world. This collaborative approach helps to ensure that clients have access to the lawyers with the most appropriate experience.

As a full-service firm, Holland & Knight offers its clients a wide range of capabilities, including:

Banking and financial services: Holland & Knight's banking and finance practice is as diverse as the needs of the clients it serves. Stakeholders in all segments of the finance and financial services industry count on the skill, knowledge and experience of the firm's attorneys 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 entities, financial technology (FinTech) companies and other clients that offer 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. The firm applies its resources and extensive experience to the full range of deals that businesses may encounter, handling mergers, acquisitions and private equity transactions of varying sizes involving small, middle-market and large businesses.

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 practice in the U.S., the firm represents the full scope of healthcare and life sciences businesses in all aspects of their regulatory issues and operations. Clients range from all providers along the care continuum, from 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. Its established relationships with key policymakers, extensive regulatory and legislative experience, and proven advocacy strategies position the firm to guide domestic and global corporations in navigating U.S. government policy changes.

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, 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

Attorneys throughout the firm collaborate with colleagues across all of the firm's offices and practice areas to efficiently counsel clients in these key sectors. The initiative consists of industry-focused, interdisciplinary groups of attorneys and other professionals who have particularly strong substantive skills, deep industry knowledge and prominence, client relationships and other significant attributes relevant to the selected industries.