Holland & Knight

What Holland & Knight does

Holland & Knight is a private, full-service U.S. law firm operating as a Limited Liability Partnership, founded in Tampa, Florida in 1889. As of 2025-2026, the firm fields approximately 2,200 attorneys practicing across more than 250 areas of law, supported by 35 offices spanning 30 U.S. markets (Tampa headquarters; Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Washington D.C., and others) and five international offices (London, Mexico City, Monterrey, Bogota, and Algiers). The 2023 merger with Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis materially expanded the firm's healthcare, corporate, and energy practices and lifted attorney headcount to its current scale. The firm's revenue is generated through professional services engagements, primarily hourly billing, fixed fees, transaction-based fees, and retainer arrangements with enterprise corporate clients, government entities, healthcare and life sciences organizations, and private equity sponsors.

Holland & Knight's core technology footprint is a human-services platform organized around practice-area specialization rather than licensed software; however, the firm has invested in AI productivity tooling (Anthropic's Claude on live matters and the Harvey AI + DeepJudge combined platform for institutional intelligence grounded in firm precedent). Specialized advisory products include the Market and Geopolitical Advisory platform for board-level geopolitical and regulatory risk navigation, the Health AI Navigator for healthcare AI compliance, the Energy Tax Resource Library for energy-sector tax strategy, and a Data Centers practice targeting acquisition, development, and financing work. Practice management infrastructure was upgraded through the selection of Aderant's Expert Sierra platform in 2024-2025. The firm also invests heavily in thought-leadership distribution through alerts, podcasts, and the 2025 Private Equity Year in Review to support inbound enterprise demand.

The go-to-market motion is relationship-based, enterprise legal services sold directly through partners, supplemented by industry events such as the Private Equity Legal Alliance (PELA) conference and brand-equity driven by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers, Law360, and ABA Military Pro Bono recognition. Quantified 2025 market activity includes advisory on more than 480 private equity transactions across 335+ clients with aggregate deal value of approximately $25.7 billion, making the firm one of the most active PE legal advisors by deal count. Recognition includes 301 attorneys in Chambers USA 2026, nearly 900 in Best Lawyers in America 2026, and 300,000 pro bono hours committed between 2020 and 2023.

Name

Holland & Knight

Legal name

Holland & Knight LLP

Website

https://hklaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1889

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Holland & Knight is a private U.S. law firm founded in 1889, with roughly 2,200 attorneys across 35 offices in the United States and internationally, providing full-service legal representation in 250+ practice areas to enterprise clients in healthcare, private equity, maritime, energy, and corporate sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices34 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Comprehensive legal services across multiple practice areas including corporate, litigation, healthcare, private equity, real estate, and more. Revenue generated through hourly billing, fixed fees, transaction-based fees, and retainer arrangements for ongoing client relationships.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Holland & Knight is a full-service international law firm providing comprehensive legal representation through approximately 2,200 attorneys across 35 offices, practicing in over 250 areas of law. Core offerings span corporate and transactional work (M&A, private equity, real estate), litigation, regulatory and advisory services, sector-focused practices in healthcare, life sciences, maritime, energy, and government contracting. Revenue is generated through hourly billing, fixed fees, transaction-based fees, and retainer arrangements for enterprise clients.

Product overview

Holland & Knight is a full-service law firm offering comprehensive legal services through a platform spanning over 250 practice areas across 35 offices in the United States and abroad. The firm does not operate a software product platform per se, but provides specialized practice resources and advisory services including the Health AI Navigator (regulatory guidance tool for healthcare AI compliance), the Market and Geopolitical Advisory platform (strategic advisory for geopolitical and regulatory risks), the Energy Tax Resource Library (tax strategy support), and a Data Centers practice (legal services for data center transactions). With approximately 2,200 attorneys, the firm serves clients across diverse sectors including healthcare, private equity, maritime, real estate, and litigation, leveraging its broad geographic footprint and deep practice specialization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Health AI Navigator A firm resource helping clients stay ahead of shifting healthcare AI rules and regulations, providing guidance on compliance with evolving FDA and HHS regulatory frameworks; intended for healthcare and life sciences clients navigating AI compliance.
• Market and Geopolitical Advisory A firmwide advisory platform designed to help companies, boards and senior executives navigate geopolitical volatility, regulatory fragmentation and government intervention in global markets.
• Energy Tax Resource Library A resource library providing guidance on energy tax incentives and strategies for clients in the energy sector.
• Data Centers Practice Legal services practice helping clients navigate complex data center transactions, including acquisition, development, and financing of data center facilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Advised on more than 335 clients on over 480 private equity transactions with aggregate value of approximately $25.7 billion in 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Harvey AIcoreTechnology or IntegrationHolland & Knight is cited as a customer using the combined Harvey and DeepJudge AI platform. The integration enables legal teams to ground AI-generated work in their own past decisions, expertise, and organizational knowledge.
• DeepJudgecoreTechnology or IntegrationDeepJudge's institutional intelligence capabilities are integrated into Harvey's AI platform. Holland & Knight is a customer using the combined solution to ensure AI-generated drafts reflect firm-specific standards and accepted language.
• Anthropic (Claude)coreTechnology or IntegrationHolland & Knight is actively using Claude (Anthropic's AI) on live legal matters as part of Big Law's accelerated AI adoption in legal workflows.
• Private Equity Maritime InvestorsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHolland & Knight's Maritime Finance Team promotes services to help PE funds navigate Jones Act compliance, partnership formations, and joint venture structures for U.S. shipbuilding investments.
• Clairvest GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHolland & Knight healthcare attorneys David Marks and John Arnold appeared on a podcast with Clairvest Group VP discussing healthcare private equity trends for 2026, including minority deals and operational value creation.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• DLA Piper: Global, full-service law firm of similar scale with comparable breadth across corporate, litigation, healthcare, and private equity practices; competes most directly with H&K for middle-market and large-cap enterprise mandates.
• Reed Smith: Full-service international firm with strong healthcare, life sciences, and financial services practices of comparable scale; competes with H&K in mid-market enterprise work, particularly healthcare transactions.
• Greenberg Traurig: Large, multi-office U.S. firm with comparable real estate, healthcare, and PE practices; direct competitor across most of H&K's core practice verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Hogan Lovells: Large international full-service firm with strong healthcare, life sciences, and private equity practices; broader global footprint and comparable multi-practice platform makes it a natural competitor for H&K's enterprise mandates.
• Latham & Watkins: Premier AmLaw global firm widely considered a category leader in PE transactions and corporate finance; competes for the largest sponsor-led deals that H&K also pursues through its PE practice.
• Kirkland & Ellis: The dominant AmLaw firm in private equity and M&A; competes directly with H&K for sponsor-led transactional work and provides benchmark pricing for the same deal categories.
• Baker McKenzie: Largest global law firm by headcount with deep cross-border capabilities; comparable to H&K's international expansion strategy and competes for multinational client mandates.
• White & Case: Global AmLaw firm with strong private equity, M&A, and project finance capabilities; competes with H&K on cross-border PE and complex corporate matters.
• Dentons: World's largest law firm by headcount, with aggressive international expansion and broad practice coverage; competes with H&K for both U.S. domestic and international matters.
• Norton Rose Fulbright: Global full-service firm with significant U.S. presence and broad private equity, healthcare, and energy capabilities; comparable to H&K's full-service model and target client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Holland_Knight
• Facebookfacebook.com/hollandknightllp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/holland-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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