NEW YORK, October 3, 2012 – King & Spalding ranked 13th among the top 25 legal advisors for announced merger and acquisition transactions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for the first nine months of 2012, according Thomson Reuters league tables of merger and acquisition activity in emerging markets. The total value of King & Spalding’s deals was $1.646 billion. The firm was credited with seven deals during the period January 1 through September 28, 2012, which placed it fifth among all firms in the number of MENA M&A announced deals.
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