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Pallavi Wahi

K&L Gates
Seattle

Contact
Tel: +1 206 370 6648
Email: pallavi.wahi@klgates.com

Practice areas

Complex commercial litigation and disputes; IP litigation; technology

Introduction

Pallavi serves as co-managing partner of K&L Gates in the US that covers 24 offices. She is the managing partner of the Seattle office, chair of the Firmwide Diversity Committee and co-chair of the firmwide India practice.

As an experienced litigator, Pallavi practises complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on corporate and intellectual property litigation. She works regularly on complex contractual breach matters and has also represented Fortune 500 companies in plaintiff or defence counsel capacity. Pallavi also acts as global coordinating counsel for litigation. In this role, she has developed litigation programmes for clients to drive efficiencies of costs and consistency of approach across multiple engagements and jurisdictions.

Pallavi is active in the community and serves as a director of the Seattle Branch Board of Directors of The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and First Vice Board Chair of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, among other boards.

Pallavi has been included in the International A-List by India Business Law Journal since 2019. She has also been selected to the Indian Corporate Counsel Association’s Most Trusted Corporate Lawyers list. In addition, she is ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the Litigation: General commercial category in Washington state; named to the Washington Super Lawyers list; named to the “IP Stars” list; and named among the 25 Most Influential People by Seattle Magazine.

Lawyers of Color named Pallavi to their fifth annual “Power List”, which recognises the most influential minority attorneys and allies in the nation. Previously, Pallavi has been included in the Puget Sound Business Journal’s “Power 100”, spotlighting the 100 most influential business leaders in the Puget Sound area and named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in the US by editors and writers across The Business Journals’ network of more than 40 publications.

Pallavi has significant experience with the business environment in India. She grew up in India, went to college there, and speaks fluent Hindi. She is well versed with the culture and business environment of the country. Pallavi received her BA from St Stephen’s College, New Delhi. She also received her BA from the University of Cambridge Tripos Law, Magdalene College, Cambridge University in 1999 (automatic conversion to an MA).

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