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King & Spalding Ranks Among the Nation's Top Underwriters Counsel on State and Local Debt Offerings
21 Jul 2010

NEW YORK, July 21, 2010 — King & Spalding ranked among the nation’s top underwriters counsel on state and local debt offerings during the first half of 2010, according to a Thomson Reuters report on U.S. municipal bonds. King & Spalding was ranked No. 3 among the top 10 U.S. law firms in proceeds and market share for offerings of bonds authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act (ARRTA), with proceeds totaling $2.62 billion and a market share of 6.3 percent. The firm also broke into the top 10 rankings in the first half of 2010 in the categories of underwriters counsel and underwriters counsel long and short term, rising in both categories to the No. 10 spot among U.S. law firms. King & Spalding handled 13 transactions from January 1 to June 30, 2010, with total proceeds of $3.60 billion.

King & Spalding is nationally recognized in the field of public finance. Consistently ranked among the top 25 bond counsel in the nation, the firm handles public finance matters in more than 40 states, serves as underwriters counsel on tax-exempt borrowings and other offerings by state and local entities and represents major financial institutions providing credit and liquidity support and primary and secondary market derivative products in the municipal market.

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, Geneva, 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 www.kslaw.com.


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