Chambers and Partners has ranked K&L Gates and nearly 20 of its lawyers as leaders in their fields of practice in the 2026 editions of Chambers Europe, Chambers France, and Chambers Germany. The guides ranked the firm and its lawyers in 14 categories across six jurisdictions, with rankings based on thousands of in-depth interviews conducted with lawyers and clients to evaluate the reputations and experience of lawyers around the world.

The following K&L Gates practices and lawyers are ranked:

Chambers Europe

• Ireland: Investment Funds 
• Italy: Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market
• Italy: Real Estate 
• Chiara Anceschi – Real Estate: Finance, Italy; Restructuring/Insolvency, Italy
• Vanessa Boato – Public Law: Zoning & Planning, Italy
• Gayle Bowen – Investment Funds, Ireland
• Francesco Carloni – Competition: EU, Belgium
• Hazel Doyle – Investment Funds, Ireland
• Shane Geraghty – Investment Funds, Ireland
• Roberto Podda – Employment, Italy
• Giampaolo Salsi – Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market, Italy
• Vittorio Salvadori di Wiesenhoff – Tax, Italy 
• Francesco Sanna – Real Estate, Italy
• Paul Tetlow – Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market, UK
• Bruno Vascellari – Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market, Italy

Chambers France

• France: Insurance
• Barthélemy Cousin – Insurance, France 
• Louis Degos – International Arbitration, France 
• Thomas Ehrecke – International Arbitration, France 

Chambers Germany 

• Germany: Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market 
• Germany: TMT: Media 
• Germany: Transportation: Rail & Aviation Asset Finance
• Annette Mutschler-Siebert – Public Law: Public Procurement/PPP, Germany 
• Andrea Spellerberg – Real Estate: Finance, Germany
• Frank Thomas – Transportation: Rail & Aviation Asset Finance, Germany

These rankings are in addition to the practices and lawyers ranked in the 2026 edition of the Chambers UK guide, which released in October 2025.

To view the firm’s full rankings, visit the Chambers Europe, Chambers France, or Chambers Germany guides.