King & Spalding LLP

King & Spalding is a full-service Global 50 law firm with more than 880 attorneys across the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Founded in Atlanta in 1885, we now conduct business in more than 100 countries across six continents. We represent half of the Fortune 100, many mid-sized companies and clients with new ventures in emerging industries.
Our clients tell us that we have the essential skills, experience and insight to understand their business and legal needs. We work closely with our clients and develop deep and long-lasting relationships. A large number of our clients have been with the firm for many decades.

Major Practices

• Antitrust
• Business Litigation
• Corporate, Public & Private Finance
• Employee Benefits & Exec. Comp. 
• Energy
• FDA/Healthcare
• Financial Restructuring
• Global Transactions
• Government Advocacy & Public Policy
• Intellectual Property
• International Arbitration
• International Trade
• Labor & Employment
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Pharmaceutical, Biotech & Medical Device
• Private Equity
• Real Estate
• Regulatory Law
• Special Matters
• Tax
• Tort & Environmental Litigation

   
Major Clients

• Bank of America, N.A.
• Chevron Corporation
• The Coca-Cola Company
• Credit Suisse
• Deutsche Bank
• Ernst & Young LLP
• General Electric Company
• General Motors Corporation
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Goldman, Sachs & Co.
• The Home Depot, Inc.
• Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc.
• Shell Oil Company
• Sprint Nextel Corporation
• SunTrust Banks, Inc.
• Wachovia

By the Numbers

• More than 1000 lawyers across 13 offices - Abu Dhabi, Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Dubai, Frankfurt, Houston, London, New York, Riyadh, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C.
• Ranked 36th by Gross Revenue in the 2007 edition of the American Lawyer’s annual AmLaw 100 survey. 
• A Global 50 law firm.
• 5 lawyers and 13 practices ranked in the Chambers Global 2008 guide.
• 104 individual lawyers including 19 at the national level, 22 practices and 9 national practices ranked in the Chambers USA 2008 guide.
• 16 members and two past presidents of the American College of Trial Lawyers, among the most of any firm in the United States or Canada.
• Ranked No. 2 in Focus Europe's 2007 Arbitration Scorecard.

Distinctions

• King & Spalding was listed in Corporate Counsel’s 2008 “Go-To Law Firm” list published in the magazine’s reference guide.
• The National Law Journal, in its National Defense Hot List, named King & Spalding as one of the top defense firms in the nation for two consecutive years.
• Directors & Boards magazine rated King & Spalding as the nation's best law firm in dealing with general corporate governance issues. We placed No. 2 in director liability and No. 3 in board-level M&A. 
• In Corporate Counsel’s annual survey “Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies?”, King & Spalding consistently ranks among the firms most mentioned overall for total representations of Fortune 250 companies.
• King & Spalding received an honorable mention in American Lawyer's 2008 Litigation Department of the Year competition, placing us among the nation's top 22 litigation practices.
• The firm’s International Arbitration Practice earned a top 10 spot among global law firms serving as arbitration counsel, as ranked by the Global Arbitration Review.
• King & Spalding received the Stakeholder 100 Law Firm award for our continued support of and commitment to furthering the careers of diverse associates.
• Working Mother named King & Spalding one of the 50 best law firms for women in 2007.
• CIO magazine named King & Spalding as one of the world's top 100 businesses for our achievement and innovative use of information technology.
     

In Corporate Counsel’s annual survey “Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies?”, King & Spalding consistently ranks among the firms most mentioned overall for total representations of Fortune 250 companies.

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