Partner
Recognition
Legal 500 UK 2027 Recognizes King & Spalding Among Leading UK Law Firms
September 30, 2026
Samantha M. Hutchinson
Partner
Simon Maynard
Partner
Nathan R. Parker
Partner
Gary Born
Partner
Charlie Caher
Partner
King & Spalding earned 17 practice rankings in the 2027 Legal 500 UK guide, including Tier 1 practice rankings for International Arbitration and Fund Finance. The firm also received 21 individual lawyer rankings, including 3 Hall of Fame lawyers.
The firm earned practice rankings in the following categories:
- Acquisition Finance
- Commercial Litigation: Premium
- Construction: Contentious
- Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency
- Financial Services: Contentious
- Financial Services: Non-Contentious/Regulatory
- Fraud: Civil
- Fund Finance
- High Yield
- International Arbitration
- M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Oil & Gas
- Power (including Electricity and Nuclear)
- Project Finance and Development
- Public International Law
- Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (Advice to Corporates)
- Tax
The full rankings list and editorial commentary can be found here.
Featured Lawyers
Ruth Byrne, K.C.
Partner
International Disputes
Samantha M. Hutchinson
Partner
Finance & Restructuring
Simon Maynard
Partner
International Disputes
Nathan R. Parker
Partner
Finance & Restructuring
Gary Born
Partner
International Disputes
Charlie Caher
Partner
International Disputes
Martina Antosova
Senior Associate
International Disputes
Kabir R.M. Bhalla
Senior Associate
International Disputes
Shouvik Bhattacharya
Counsel
International Disputes
Alon Blitz
Partner
Finance & Restructuring
Konstantin Burkov (Costa)
Partner
Corporate
William F. Charnley
Partner
Corporate
Nadia Francesca Cinti
Counsel
Corporate
Amin Doulai
Partner
Finance & Restructuring
Shareena Edmonds
Partner
International Disputes
Dan Feldman
Partner
Corporate
Dan Giemajner
Partner
Corporate
Matt J. Hardwick
Partner
Corporate
Max Benjamin Hill, K.C.
Senior Counsel and Policy Advisor
Special Matters & Government Investigations
James T. Hoggett
Partner
Finance & Restructuring
Ricardo Chelala
Associate
Corporate
Michael Malone (Kelly)
Partner
Mathan Navaratnam
Partner
Finance & Restructuring
Vincent Rowan
Partner
International Disputes
John Savage, K.C.
Partner
International Disputes
Patrick Schumann
Partner
Finance & Restructuring
Peter Schwartz
Partner
Corporate
Tom Sprange, K.C.
Partner
International Disputes
Andrea Stauber
Partner
International Disputes
Aaron Stephens
Partner
Special Matters & Government Investigations
Sarah Y. Walker
Partner
International Disputes
Marcus A. Young
Partner
Corporate
Franz Schwarz
Partner
International Disputes
Steven Finizio
Partner
International Disputes
Jonathan Lim (Jonny)
Partner
International Disputes
Marleen Krueger
Partner
International Disputes
Russell Warren
Partner
Corporate
James Connor
Partner
Corporate
Jonathan Swil
Partner
International Disputes
Dan Marcus
Partner
Finance & Restructuring
Nathan Buckley
Partner
Finance & Restructuring
Martin Hunt
Partner
Corporate
Sajid Ahmed
Partner
International Disputes
Frederick Lazell
Counsel
Corporate