Sponsor Spotlight: Holland & Knight - NBA-CLS | National Bar Association Commercial Law Section

Platinum Sponsor

About Holland & Knight

www.hklaw.com

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 approximately 2,200 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 commercial litigation, regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions, healthcare, real estate and government advocacy.

With 35 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.

Our lawyers are consistently recognized as leaders in the legal profession, earning accolades for service, responsiveness, results and pro bono 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.

This approach enables us to be highly responsive with proactive, innovative strategies that create opportunities and help transform your needs and goals into success stories. We provide comprehensive counsel – not just legal advice in a business vacuum – and remain agile thanks to extensive industry-relevant knowledge, being connected to the latest business trends and making significant investments to stay abreast of the issues that are most important to our clients.

Why did you decide to become a NBA-CLS sponsor?

Holland & Knight seeks 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. We are committed to supporting a variety of initiatives to continue building a collaborative and inclusive law firm and legal profession. We proudly support the National Bar Association Commercial Law Section’s mission to bring together in-house and outside counsel to encourage more inclusivity among their ranks.

Additional Information

Only law firm to receive the ABA’s Military Pro Bono Project Outstanding Service Award every year since its inception in 2012.

Received a score of 90 on the 2024 Disability:IN Disability Index, earning the firm recognition as a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion.

Recognized as one of the 2024 Seramount Best Law Firms “Best Law Firms for Women and Diversity” for our achievements in recruiting, retaining and advancing women and underrepresented lawyers.

Recognized as one of the 2024 Bloomberg Law Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Framework members for our level of disclosure of diversity-related metrics and distinguished performance.

Recognized in the 2024 Yale Law Women “Top Firms Report,” receiving an honorable mention in the Culture category, which highlights firms that cultivate work environments where all attorneys can succeed without compromising their personality, values or identity.

Received the 2024 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Top Performer Award for participation in LCLD programs and promotion of the LCLD mission.

Received 10th consecutive score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index in 2025, which rates U.S. workplaces based on LGBTQ+ inclusion.