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King & Spalding LLP

Global Guide 2024

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King & Spalding LLP

King & Spalding LLP

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Provided by King & Spalding LLP
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Chairman: Robert D Hays

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 1,200 lawyers in 23 offices globally, the firm 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.

Business Litigation: 

Experienced in issues of antitrust, product liability, mass tort, patents and trademarks, class action certification, securities law, franchise law, white-collar defense and consumer fraud.

Corporate, Public & Private Finance:  

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

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation: 

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

E-Discovery: 

Acts as 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, natural resources and mining industries.

Environmental: 

Advises clients on 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.

Finance: 

The firm represents borrowers and lenders in acquisition financing, asset-based financing, Islamic financing, leveraged financing (mezzanine and high-yield debt), leveraged leasing, project financing.

Financial Restructuring: 

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

Financial Services: 

Advises clients within the financial services sector from high value, sophisticated transactions through to complex legislative, regulatory and industry issues.

Global Transactions: 

Advises 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 US government agencies including congressional investigations, international and ethics and election law.

Government Investigations: 

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

Healthcare: 

As one of the largest healthcare law 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: 

Advises 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:  

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: 

Handles 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 labour and employment laws.

M&A: 

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

Middle East & Islamic Finance: 

Advises on Shari’ah — compliant financings and investment products.

Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology & Medical Devices: 

Many of the firm’s lawyers and professionals devote all or a substantial portion of their practices to clients in these industries, with specialised experience at every stage of the product life cycle.

Private Equity & Investment Funds: 

Advises clients on fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged finance, Islamic finance, securities offerings, tax and restructuring.

Real Estate: 

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

Tax: 

Advises on a range of 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.

Ranked Offices

Provided by King & Spalding LLP

USA - Head office
Belgium
  • Brussels
    Bastion Tower 5 Place du Champ de Mars , Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium, 1050
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France
Germany
  • Frankfurt am Main
    TaunusTurm | Taunustor 1, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany, 60310
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Japan
  • Tokyo
    Shin Marunouchi Building 12th Floor, 5-1, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo-to, Japan, 100-6512
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Saudi Arabia
  • Riyadh
    Kingdom Centre, 20th Floor King Fahad Road PO Box 14702 , Riyadh, Al Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 11434
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Singapore
  • Singapore
    1 Raffles Quay, #31-01 North Tower, Singapore, Singapore Island, Singapore, 048583
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Switzerland
UK
United Arab Emirates
  • Abu Dhabi
    Level 15, Al Sila Tower, Sowwah Square, PO Box 130522, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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    Dubai
    Al Fattan Currency House, Tower 2, Level 24, Dubai International Financial Centre, P.O. Box 506547, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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USA
  • Chicago
    110 N Wacker Drive, Suite 3800, Chicago, Illinois, USA, IL 60606
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    Houston
    1100 Louisiana, Suite 4000, Houston, Texas, USA, TX 77002
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    Los Angeles
    633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1700, Los Angeles, California, USA, CA 90071
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    Miami
    Southeast Financial Center, 200 S Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 4700, Miami, Florida, USA, 33131
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    New York
    1185 Avenue of the Americas 34th Floor , New York, New York, USA, NY 10036-4003
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    Washington, DC
    1700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC, District of Columbia, USA, 20006
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King & Spalding LLP rankings

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Africa-wide
Projects & Energy
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Projects & Energy
4
Projects & Energy
4
Band 4
Lawyers
Nikhil Markanday
5
Nikhil Markanday
5
Band 5
Projects & Energy: Oil & Gas
1 Department
Department
Projects & Energy: Oil & Gas
2
Projects & Energy: Oil & Gas
2
Band 2
Algeria
Corporate/Commercial
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
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Corporate/Commercial
Spotlight
Lawyers
Nora Djeraba
Nora Djeraba
France expertise based abroad
Asia-Pacific Region
Arbitration (International)
1 Department
Department
Arbitration (International)
2
Arbitration (International)
2
Band 2
Energy & Natural Resources
1 Department
Department
Energy & Natural Resources
2
Energy & Natural Resources
2
Band 2
Projects & Infrastructure
1 Department
Department
Projects & Infrastructure
3
Projects & Infrastructure
3
Band 3
Belgium
Competition: EU
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte
5
Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte
5
Band 5
Brazil
International Arbitration
1 Department
3 Ranked Lawyers
Department
International Arbitration
1
International Arbitration
1
Band 1
Lawyers
Henry Guy Burnett
1
Henry Guy Burnett
1
Band 1
Érica Franzetti
3
Érica Franzetti
3
Band 3
Marcio Vasconcellos
Marcio Vasconcellos
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Canada
Energy: Power (Transactional)
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Jonathan MA Melmed
Jonathan MA Melmed
USA expertise based abroad
China
Energy & Natural Resources (International Firms)
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Michael E Arruda
Michael E Arruda
Japan expertise based abroad
Egypt
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Samaa A Haridi
Samaa A Haridi
USA expertise based abroad
Europe-wide
Arbitration (International)
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Arbitration (International)
2
Arbitration (International)
2
Band 2
Lawyers
Tom Sprange KC
3
Tom Sprange KC
3
Band 3
John Savage KC
5
John Savage KC
5
Band 5
International Trade/WTO
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
International Trade/WTO
4
International Trade/WTO
4
Band 4
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