K&L Gates, the global law firm with headquarters in Pittsburgh, cut around 10% of its non-lawyer staff, a company spokesman confirmed Tuesday.
The layoffs affected the firm’s “allied professionals,” which the K&L Gates’ website says ranges from “entry-level support roles to seasoned professionals and management-level employees.”
K&L Gates spokesman Steven Eliopoulos confirmed that no company lawyers — around 140 of whom work in Pittsburgh — were impacted by the layoffs.
Eliopoulos did not say whether any Pittsburgh staffers were affected.
The company employs more than 3,000 people across its more than 40 offices spanning the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, according to labor analytics group Revelio Labs.
The headquarters building is Downtown Pittsburgh’s 10th tallest skyscraper, the K&L Gates Center at the corner of Sixth and Liberty avenues.
“This action is being taken to streamline our support structure, ensuring that we are attuned to immediate client needs and well positioned to anticipate and meet future demand,” the company’s Global Managing Partner Stacy Ackermann said in an emailed statement.