Description
King & Spalding is an American international corporate law firm that is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and with offices located in North America, Europe, and Asia. It has over 1,100 lawyers in 23 offices globally. It is Am Law 100, Global 30 and white-shoe firm.
History
King & Spalding, also known as "K&S", was founded on January 1, 1885 by Alexander C. King and Jack Spalding in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta remains the global headquarters of the firm.
The firm has additional offices in Austin, Charlotte, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Sacramento, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C. and Chicago. K&S also has a London-based international arm, King & Spalding International LLP, which opened in 2003, and maintains offices or affiliates in Abu Dhabi, Brussels, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Paris, Riyadh, Singapore and Tokyo.
Representative clients
The firm has represented various, large companies and private equity funds.
The firm "advises Donald Trump's real estate empire", according to one report which also cited the American Civil Liberties Union on the subject. Further, the firm enjoys a rich revolving door of senior government officials who elect to join or rejoin the firm's partnership following premier roles in United States public service; these officials include Sally Yates, Rod Rosenstein, Zachary T. Fardon, and many others.
In 2018 the firm filed a Foreign Agents Registration Act application notifying their work as an advisor to the Saudi Arabian organization King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy, which was created by King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to pursue a nuclear program. It received $705,171.21 for this advice.
Rankings
On the "Vault Law 100" list of the most prestigious law firms in the United States, King & Spalding was ranked #39 for 2020, moving up from #43 in 2019.
For 2020, King & Spalding was the 27th largest law firm by revenue in the world.
In February 2020, King & Spalding was named to the WTR1000 list by World Trademark Review.
