King & Spalding LLP

Chairman: Robert D Hays

SydneyOffice Managing Partner: Darren G. Gardner

Singapore Office Managing Partner: Andrew Brereton

Tokyo Office Managing Partner: John McClenahan

Firm Overview:

King & Spalding helps leading companies advance complex business interests in more than 160 countries. Working across a highly integrated platform of more than 1,300 lawyers in 26 offices globally, King & Spalding delivers tailored commercial solutions through world-class offerings and an uncompromising approach to quality and service.

Main Areas of Practice:

Antitrust: Tries cases to verdict and defends clients against criminal investigations, opt-out group actions, class actions, appellate matters and other antitrust litigation.

Corporate, Public & Private Finance:

Lawyers located in offices across the United States, Europe, Asia and Middle East represent lenders, investors, funds and borrowers in finance and other commercial transactions.

Employee Benefits & Exec. Comp:

Advises on employee benefit plans and executive compensation programs and the related funding vehicles.

E-Discovery:

Serves as lead national discovery counsel for Fortune 50 companies in the banking, energy, pharmaceutical, medical device, telecommunications, chemical, manufacturing and tobacco industries.

Energy:

Informs clients on a spectrum of transactional, regulatory, litigation and arbitration matters in the oil and gas, power and mining industries.

Environmental:

Assists clients with virtually every type of environmental issue — including regulatory and compliance advice, permit appeals, enforcement actions and property damage claims.

FDA & Life Sciences:

Represents pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology, healthcare technology companies and food manufacturers, in a range of regulatory, compliance, policy, and litigation matters.

Financial Restructuring:

Directs on reorganisations, including in court and out-of court debt restructurings, bankruptcy and insolvency litigation, and distressed asset mergers and acquisitions.

Global Transactions:

Counsels clients through the entire project development process, from concept to ribbon-cutting, with particular emphasis in the energy and transportation sectors.

Government Advocacy & Public Policy:

Supports clients in managing their interactions with the federal government including congressional investigations, international and ethics and election law.

Government Investigations:

Represents corporations and individuals in complex federal and state criminal investigations, internal investigations and congressional investigations.

Healthcare:

As one of the largest practices in the country, the firm is praised for its excellence in transactional, litigation and regulatory representation of clients across the spectrum of healthcare.

Intellectual Property:

Aids clients with the development and strategic planning needed to handle patent and trademark prosecution and intellectual property litigation matters that stretch across borders.

International Arbitration:

Highly experienced in handling cases before major arbitral institutions such as the ICSID, ICC, LCIA, and AAA, as well as under UNCITRAL and other ad hoc rules.

International Trade & WTO:

Lawyers and consultants in Washington, London and Geneva handling a wide range of international trade and customs matters for US and non-US clients.

Labour & Employment:

Provides labour and employment services to employers ranging from preventive advice and training to litigation and representation under federal and state laws.

Mergers & Acquisitions:

Covers acquisitions of public and private companies, tender offers, joint ventures and partnering arrangements, purchases and sales of divisions, and takeover preparation and defence.

Private Equity & Investment Funds:

Draws on the lawyers’ extensive experience in fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged finance, Islamic finance, securities offerings, tax and restructuring.

Real Estate:

Provides advice on a complete range of commercial real estate transactions. The real estate capital markets practice is known for creative structuring of mergers and acquisitions and complex equity and debt financing transactions.

Tax:

Covers range of federal income tax issues, with particularly extensive experience in the corporate, partnership and international practice areas.

Tort Litigation:

Offers large-firm litigation resources and lawyers who have tried high exposure tort cases, including some of the most plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions in the US.

OFFICES: ASIA PACIFIC:Singapore, Japan

INTERNATIONAL OFFICES

The firm also has offices located in Atlanta,Austin,Brussels,Charlotte,Chicago,Denver,Dubai,Frankfurt,Geneva,Houston,London,Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Northern Virginia, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo, Washington, D.C.