Karl John Ege

Karl Ege advises the firm's investment and financial services clients and emerging companies, as well as assisting on the firm's efforts in Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prior to joining Perkins Coie, Karl spent more than 15 years as chief legal officer for Russell Investments Group. While in that role, he had global responsibility for Russell's legal, compliance, internal audit, and risk management functions and was instrumental in developing Russell's international business.

Karl has served in a wide variety of leadership capacities at the American Bar Association (ABA), including as a founder and chair of the Mergers & Acquisitions Committee. He is a former chair of the ABA Business Law Section and was the liaison to the ABA Task Force on Financial Markets Regulatory Reform. Karl is also a former chair of the Washington State Bar Association Business Law Section and the Corporate Laws Committee (drafters of the Model Business Corporation Act). He was actively involved in the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) and in 2008 participated as a delegate to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.