LONDON, February 22, 2010 – King & Spalding lawyers received 34 listings and 21 of the firm’s practice areas were recognized as leaders in their fields by their peers and clients in the 2010 edition of Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business.
To compile its rankings, Chambers Global employed a team of over 75 researchers who conducted thousands of in-depth interviews with law firm clients and lawyers over a 12-month period. The qualities on which rankings are assessed include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence, commitment and other qualities valued by clients.
Global
Arbitration (International) (Band 3)*
- Doak Bishop (Band 2)
- Eric Schwartz (Band 2)
- James Castello (Band 4)
- John Bowman (Band 2)
Public International Law (Band 4)*
- Doak Bishop (Band 3)
Latin America-wide
Arbitration (International) (Band 1)*
- Doak Bishop (Band 1)
- Roberto J Aguirre Luzi (Band U)**
Middle East
Corporate/Commercial (Band 3)*
Investment Funds (Band 2)*
Islamic Finance (Band 1)
- Isam Salah (Band 2)
- Jawad Ali (Band 2)
Projects & Energy (Band 3)*
- Philip R Weems (Band 2)
Saudi Arabia
Banking & Finance (Band 3)*
Capital Markets (Band 3)*
Corporate/Commercial (Band 2)*
Corporate/Commercial: Overseas Counsel
- Nabil Issa (Band 2)
United Arab Emirates
Banking & Finance (Band 4)*
- Jawad Ali (Band 3)
Banking & Finance: Islamic Finance
- Jawad Ali (Band 2)
Corporate/Commercial (Band 3)*
- Nabil Issa (Band 4)
- Wael M Wahbeh (Band U)**
Real Estate & Construction (Band 4)*
United States of America
Competition/Antitrust (Band 3)*
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Neil L Levy (Band 1)
Energy: LNG (Band 1)*
- Daniel R Rogers (Band 2)
Energy: Oil & Gas (Band 4)*
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
- Kenneth S Culotta (Band 2)
International Trade (Band 2)*
International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
- Gilbert Kaplan (Band 3)
- Joseph W Dorn (Band 2)
- Steven J Orava (Band 4)
Investment Funds: REITs (Band 3)*
- Peter Genz (Band 2)
- Scott J Arnold (Band 3)
- William Fryer (Band 3)
Litigation: Trial Lawyers
- Chilton Varner (Band 2)
- John A Chandler (Band 2)
- Ray Persons (Band 2)
Outsourcing (Band 3)*
- William G Roche (Band 3)
Projects
- Daniel R Rogers (Band 3)
- Kenneth S Culotta (Band 3)
Projects: Oil & Gas (Band 3)*
Projects: Power (Band 3)*
Tax: Corporate
- Robert G Woodward (Band 3)
Europe-wide
Arbitration (International)
- Eric Schwartz (Band 1)
France
Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
- Eric Schwartz (Band 1)
Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators
- Eric Schwartz (Band 2)
(* denotes Practice Area Ranking)
(** Up and Coming Band)
The online version of Chambers Global is available by clicking here.
King & Spalding has also received consistently high rankings in Chambers USA, a sibling publication to Chambers Global. In the 2009 edition of Chambers USA, King & Spalding earned 120 individual lawyer rankings including 25 at the national level. In addition, King & Spalding earned national rankings for its antitrust, energy (LNG), energy (oil & gas), food & beverage, government (government relations), international arbitration, international trade, investment funds (REITS), life sciences, outsourcing, products liability, projects (oil & gas) and projects (power) practices and 23 state rankings for its various practice areas in Washington, D.C., Georgia, New York and Texas.
About King & Spalding
Celebrating 125 years of service, King & Spalding is an international law firm with more than 800 lawyers in Abu Dhabi, Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Dubai, Frankfurt, Houston, London, New York, Paris, Riyadh (affiliated office), San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. The firm represents half of the Fortune 100 and, according to a Corporate Counsel survey in August 2009, ranks fifth in its total number of representations of those companies. For additional information, visit http://www.kslaw.com/.
