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At Holland & Knight, we put our legal knowledge to work for you in a practical manner. We know that in order to be the best value to you, we must first provide personalized solutions tailored to your needs. With more than 1,400 lawyers in our U.S. and international offices and legal colleagues in over 40 countries around the world, Holland & Knight serves clients globally. Our clients recognize the ability of our firm to consistently provide excellent value in a variety of areas that range from:
Our lawyers are consistently recognized as leaders in the legal profession.
2020 Chambers USA Guide 139 attorneys were named “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business”
2020 U.S. News - Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” Guide National first-tier rankings in 34 practice areas 196 metropolitan first-tier rankings
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
REGULATORY MATTERS
M&A
REAL ESTATE
GOVERNMENT ADVOCACY
OUTSTANDING COUNSEL WHEREVER YOU NEED US With 27 offices around the globe, we are committed to providing the highest quality legal counsel combined with the utmost in client service – across state and national borders – in a seamless, cost-effective manner. This level of legal guidance, combined with our interdisciplinary structure and the firm’s global network, is your assurance of high-quality resources when and where you need them.
Decades of Experience across an array of industries, businesses and government organizations
We Accelerate
Firm named “Law Firm of the Year” for Admiralty & Maritime Law and Litigation – Banking & Finance
2020 Chambers Latin America Guide 14 lawyers named “Latin America’s best advisors” Individual attorneys were awarded top rankings in Latin America Banking & Finance and Capital Markets, as well as Colombia Corporate/M&A, Intellectual Property, Competition/ Antitrust Dispute Resolution, Energy & Natural Resources, and Labour & Employment. Attorneys also were recognized in Mexico Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, and Telecom, Media and Technology (TMT), as well as Cuba Corporate/Commercial
2020 Chambers Global Guide
opportunities while mitigating risk and liability for every client
20 lawyers with top rankings | Among the “world’s leading firms” in Global-wide: Asset Finance, Shipping: Finance and Shipping: Litigation
360° Approach designed to comprehensively address the full scope of our clients’ legal challenges and objectives
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HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITMENT Our mission is to provide seamless, efficient client-centric services over a wide range of industries. Collaboration across practices and offices, along with highly focused management of matters and cases, enables us to deliver dynamic legal support, regardless of location.
Every action we take is based on providing dedicated service with the most thorough knowledge and experience for each particular client need – whether it is a matter or transaction that can be resolved quickly, or a complex national or international dispute involving a broad range of legal services reaching across jurisdictions and borders.
OUR APPROACH ENABLES US TO BE: HIGHLY RESPONSIVE with proactive, innovative strategies that help to create opportunities and transform your needs and goals into successes
AGILE with extensive industry-relevant knowledge, enabling us to provide comprehensive counsel – not just legal advice in a business vacuum
CONNECTED to the latest industry trends and related business issues, making significant investments to stay abreast of the issues that are most important to our clients
LAWYERS AND PROFESSIONALS WHO UNDERSTAND YOUR INDUSTRY Holland & Knight’s industry-focused client teams cultivate strong partnerships with clients to proactively deliver key trends, breaking developments and high-caliber legal services in the following key industries:
ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES
FINANCE & FINANCIAL SERVICES
REAL ESTATE & HOSPITALITY
INDUSTRY SECTOR GROUPS
HEALTHCARE & LIFE SCIENCES
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE
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PRO BONO, COMMUNITY SERVICE, CHARITABLE GIVING Ten years ago, Holland & Knight created a department to better integrate our longstanding pro bono work, increase community service activities and organize our philanthropic priorities with the Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation. The goal was to make deeper, more layered impacts across areas of need in our communities.
Select partner organizations
Identify needs within our communities
Research organizations that best serve those needs
OUR PHILANTHROPIC PHILOSOPHY
Determine how we, as legal professionals, can support the organizations and the individuals they serve
Invest in these partners through layers of giving
Routinely evaluate impact and return on our investment (ROI) before we reinvest donated time and funds
BY THE NUMBERS
1,700 74,088 $48 million
50 years
pro bono matters in 2019
pro bono hours in 2019
$2 million+ 30+
in pro bono value
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of community service over the last decade
charitable capital infused into nonprofits each year
client partners through pro bono and community service
INCLUSION IN ACTION We seek to further develop an organization and a culture where all talented individuals – including those traditionally underrepresented in the legal profession – can have, and can see, a path to long-term success.
RECOGNITION
We are committed to these efforts because diverse and inclusive teams reflect the world we serve and produce better results for our clients. Most importantly, a diverse and inclusive organization is simply better.
Providing pro bono help to active/retired military families on myriad issues, including bankruptcy, eviction and criminal cases
Diversity Council
Local Office Diversity Committees
Diversity Outreach & Pipeline
Affinity Mentoring
The American Lawyer Magazine High rankings in ALM’s 2020 Diversity Scorecard including: No. 1: Hispanic Partners Top 10: Hispanic Non-Partners Top 10: “Other Racial or Ethnic Group” Partners Top 20: African American Partners
Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality The firm received its sixth “perfect score” on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index in 2020, which rates U.S. workplaces LGBTQ+ inclusion
Rising Stars Program
Community Engagement
Mansfield RuleTM Certification Recognized for third consecutive year with the Mansfield Certified Plus designation, in which women, minority and LGBTQ lawyers represent at least 30 percent of firm leadership roles and committees Working Mother magazine Firm named in 2020 “Best Law Firms for Women” list in recognition of the firm’s commitment to the retention and advancement of women
Affinity Groups
A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE CULTURE
2020 Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards Winner of “Veterans Program of the Year” |
2020 Excellence in Service Award Recognized by the NALP/Street Law Legal Diversity Pipeline Program for the firm’s exceptional commitment to the Street Law Program
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD)
HNBA 2019 Corporate Partner of the Year Recognized by the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) for our longstanding support of the organization and our unwavering commitment to diversity and inclusion
DEMONSTRATED SUCCESS Since 2017, 50 percent of our newly promoted partners are diverse, based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender or veteran status.
Our Directors Committee, the firm’s highest policymaking body, is 41 percent diverse, based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender or veteran status.
2019 Bank of America Diversity and Inclusion Award Recognized for focused attention on the training, development and promotion of diverse attorneys, and staffing Bank of America matters with diverse legal teams 2019 Chambers USA Diversity and Inclusion Awards “Most Pioneering Firm for Female Lawyers” and shortlisted for “Outstanding Firm for Furthering Diversity and Inclusion”
Eight of our U.S. offices are led by diverse Executive Partners.
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ABA’s Military Pro Bono Project The only law firm to receive the Outstanding Service Award every year since its inception in 2012
ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE The Diversity and Inclusion Engagement Initiative’s mission is to facilitate partnerships with clients and businesses who share the firm’s commitment to diversity and inclusion. The initiative seeks to deepen existing relationships, grow new relationships and highlight an additional consideration for businesses selecting or expanding opportunities with the firm. We seek to collaborate with you to further develop and strengthen our shared commitment to diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. Our commitment allows us to draw from a remarkable wealth of diverse talent to provide innovative legal solutions for your complex challenges. We are dedicated to building upon our shared values with you by:
Understanding your goals and expectations surrounding diversity and inclusion
Offering diverse teams to work on your matters
Partnering to support and advance your diversity and inclusion initiatives
Offering targeted seminar opportunities on topics of interest with a diverse team of our attorney thought leaders
CONNECT WITH US Tiffani Lee Diversity Partner Miami | 305.789.7725 tiffani.lee@hklaw.com
Kelly-Ann Cartwright Directors Committee Chair Miami | 305.789.7795 kelly-ann.cartwright@hklaw.com
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