ATLANTA, January 12, 2007 – King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, announced today it elected four partners to the firm’s 10-person policy committee, effective January 1, 2007: Charles Alexander (London), Andrew Bayman (Atlanta), Steven Brody (New York) and Michael Smith (Atlanta).
King & Spalding’s policy committee is responsible for firm policies, strategic initiatives and the overall enhancement of the firm. Members are elected by the partnership to a three-year term.
The new members replace partners Dwight Davis, Michael Egan and Jeffrey Smith, whose terms expired at the end of 2006, and George Branch, who has retired.
- Charles Alexander – Alexander, based in the firm’s London office, is a partner in the firm’s corporate practice group and has a broad range of experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, venture capital investments and international and domestic joint ventures.
- Andrew Bayman – Bayman is the leader of the firm’s tort and environmental litigation practice. The group, with over 120 lawyers, is one of the largest practice groups of its kind in the U.S. and is devoted exclusively to defending tort litigation. He is based in Atlanta, and his practice focuses on representation of pharmaceutical, medical device and automotive manufacturers in product liability cases.
- Steven Brody – Brody is the leader of King & Spalding’s New York business litigation group. He represents clients in a wide range of commercial disputes, including securities, advertising and other commercial matters.
- Michael Smith – Smith is a partner in King & Spalding’s business litigation practice group, focusing on securities and shareholder litigation, SEC enforcement and related internal investigations. He is based in Atlanta.
About King & Spalding
King & Spalding is an international law firm with more than 800 lawyers in Atlanta, Houston, London, New York and Washington, D.C. The firm represents more than half of the Fortune 100, and in a Corporate Counsel survey in August 2006 was ranked one of the top ten firms representing Fortune 250 companies overall. For additional information, visit www.kslaw.com.
