As capital markets tighten in response to a highly publicized collapse of subprime mortgage-backed securities and other synthetic CDOs, lenders, investment firms, directors and officers, credit insurers and other direct and incidental participants in the derivatives market continue to look for a combination of expertise, experience and integrity to provide the right solution. King & Spalding has that winning combination. Our team of practitioners brings together the talents of litigation, securities, regulatory, insurance, restructuring and finance specialists to meet any challenge arising from the derivative securities crisis.
King & Spalding’s Subprime and Capital Markets Practice team includes a former Assistant U.S. Attorney General, a nationally-ranked securities litigator, former Assistant United States Attorneys, former special counsel to two United States senators, one of the country’s top international arbitration lawyers, a top insurance coverage specialist, two fellows of the elite American College of Bankruptcy, and specialists in director and officer claims, shareholder derivative litigation, financial transactions, auction rate securities, ERISA claims, derivative markets and restructuring strategies. In addition, King & Spalding maintains a sophisticated network of valuation experts, financial advisors and other capital markets professionals who ensure that the legal strategy advances the client’s business goals.
The reason clients such as The Coca-Cola Company, The Home Depot, Inc., Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., Beazer Homes, Inc. and others trust their largest securities, regulatory, ERISA, restructuring, government investigation and D&O matters to King & Spalding is because our teams work in close coordination to ensure that our clients enjoy solutions that cover the widest array of angles with the least amount of professional overlap. Whether the problem is an attorney general investigation, an insurance coverage dispute, a D&O claim, a securities class-action case or a bankruptcy filing, King & Spalding ensures that its clients are able to see the bigger picture as well as the immediate problem.
