K&L Gates LLP‘s broad practice encompasses multi-jurisdictional IT law advice for a variety of clients, from pharmaceutical and food companies to telecoms and e-commerce companies. Claude-Étienne Armingaud leads the firm’s technology team and has extensive experience handling multijurisdictional technology transactions, in particular those relating to the software industry, connected cars, blockchain and trademark optimisation.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘I work regularly with Claude-Etienne Armingaud. He has a very good knowledge of their subject and understanding of related rights.'

  • ‘The IT and Internet team at K&L Gates in Paris stands out for its mastery of the complex issues related to new technologies and the Internet, as well as its pragmatic approach to cases. This team masters the latest regulatory developments affecting the digital sector (and in particular the various European regulations).'

  • ‘The K&L Gates team led by Claude-Etienne Armingaud stands out as a fully integrated pan-European team. As such, we, as clients, are certain that we will find resources who are adapted to the project, the timing and the financial considerations.  The availability of the team, within the hour, never ceases to amaze me.'

  • 'The recent developments on Artificial Intelligence have been taken head on by the K&L Gates team with a series of webinars, alerts, etc on the topic, which we found very useful to explore the possibilities without undue hype or luddite fears. Claude-Etienne's involvement in K&L Gates global AI initiative is a delight - you can tell he is as passionate by the topic as he is knowledgeable.'
  • 'The dedication of Claude-Etienne in K&L Gates' diversity committee, as well as their recently launched series of diversity round table is a great step forward in the good direction and much appreciated.’
  • 'This multiculturalism is also present in Claude-Etienne Armingaud's broad understanding of various aspects of the law, not just the data protection niche - from commercial contracts (tech or not), to IP, and consumer protection law. He's the French Swiss army knife of lawyers!’

Key clients

  • Adrenomed AG
  • Argo AI
  • BluPanda
  • Ceiba Healthcare
  • Changsha Sinocare
  • Coty Inc.
  • Crédit Mutuel Arkéa
  • Crypto.com
  • Cyber Civil Rights Initiative
  • Dianomi
  • DoctorBox GmbH
  • EMQ
  • Envision
  • Ergotron
  • exocad GmbH
  • Gelion
  • Impress
  • International Justice Mission
  • Kinship
  • Maytronics Limited
  • SharkNinja
  • World Organisation for Animal Health

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Claude-Étienne Armingaud