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Financial Services
Clients across the financial services industry, ranging from the largest global banks to a wide range of asset managers, broker dealers, private equity and alternative capital providers, rely on King & Spalding to provide sophisticated advice on their most complex matters. Through a dedicated team of more than 300 lawyers spread across financial centers worldwide, our financial services focus stands out in the market not only for its breadth and the commitment of its lawyers, but also for the commercially-savvy advice and the connected thought-leadership we provide to the industry.
Our broad transactional team brings a high degree of expertise and market knowledge advising our financial services clients on syndicated lending, leveraged finance, complex financings, fund formation, strategic transactions, capital markets transactions and distressed transactions and restructurings—we counsel some of the largest financial institutions in the full spectrum of financings from secured and unsecured lending transactions, to some of the most sophisticated capital markets and specialty finance and securitization transactions
Similarly, our regulatory and litigation teams draw on one of the world’s top disputes practices to advise financial services clients on commercial litigation and arbitration, securities and shareholder suits, multijurisdictional investigations and enforcement actions. King & Spalding’s team is well versed in matters pertaining to complex financial instruments, transactions and regulation, enabling them to develop novel and highly technical defense strategies. We frequently reach expedient and confidential resolution of our clients’ most sensitive challenges. Simultaneously, in recent years King & Spalding has successfully tried some of the most notable cases in the financial sector.
Our strong base of clients are leaders in the financial services industry, including 15 of the largest banks in the world and 20 of the largest banks in the United States.
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Recognition
Ranked Tier 1 in Litigation – Securities
U.S. News & World Report 2019
Recognized for Excellence For Securities and Financial Services Regulations
Chambers USA
Ranked National Tier 1 for Banking & Finance in “Best Law Firms"
Named a leading Tier 1 Bankruptcy practice
Chambers USA 2019
Ranked Band 1 for Securities Regulation
Chambers USA 2019
Numerous K&S attorneys are recognized as “Super Lawyers” for Securities Litigation
Ranked Second Among Defense Firms in Securities Class Action Retentions
Lex Machina, 2018
Named a leading Tier 1 practice for Capital Markets (Debt) in Saudi Arabia
Legal 500 EMEA, 2019
Ranked in Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders, Project Finance, Structured Finance and Transport: Rail and Road Finance
Legal 500 US, 2018
Named Best Advisory Firm for Funds
MENA Fund Manager 2016-2018
Consistently ranked among leading M&A practices in the United States
Chambers USA and Legal 500
Top 30 Firms for Client Service
BTI Consulting Group, 2019
Named Top 20 U.S. Law Firm Brands
Acritas Research, 2019
"They're always willing to go above and beyond to help their client."
Chambers 2019
"They were very knowledgeable and responsive, and provided the appropriate advice regarding a number of topics."
Chambers 2019
"King & Spalding runs at the same speed as us and knows the market cold."
Chambers 2019
"They have everything you need, and all the experience you need, to be fully and effectively represented in a serious SEC investigation - they cover the waterfront."
Chambers 2019
“The securities defense attorneys at this firm are substantially thorough, experienced, ethical and prompt.”
Legal 500 (2019)
“They have substantial experience with the federal district court judges, where the securities class actions are filed and substantial and significant experience with the mediators who are often proposed by the plaintiffs.”
Legal 500 (2019)
“Speak to a King & Spalding investigations partner in the US and almost without exception you’ll find that they’ll have previously worked in government, either at federal prosecutors’ offices renowned for white-collar work, or at the DOJ and the SEC in Washington, D.C.”
Chambers 2019
“They just have an ability to read the government and see what is important.”
Chambers 2019
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June 26, 2019
King & Spalding Chicago Associate Benton Merkel Earns U.S. Army’s General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award