As a summer associate, you’ll experience life at King & Spalding through real assignments, close collaboration with leading practitioners, tailored mentorship, and firmwide programming. Connect across offices and build practical skills through cross-office work, the K&S Summer Summit—which brings summer associates together with K&S lawyers from across the country—and Connect K&S, which offers the opportunity to work from another K&S office.
All summer associate positions for the law school graduating classes of 2027 and 2028 are currently filled. For the law school graduating class of 2029, more information regarding our 2027 1L and 2028 2L summer associate programs will become available at a later date.
King & Spalding seeks an entry-level associate to join its Antitrust practice in Washington, D.C. The associate will support an award-winning practice who works seamlessly across trial, investigations, and transaction teams, defending companies in high-stakes disputes and government investigations, guiding transactions through merger control, and providing practical counseling that keeps legitimate business strategies moving. We are a tight-knit team with a heavy emphasis on transparency and collaboration. We invest in the development of our associates and give them early opportunities to expand their skills.
Qualified candidates should be team-oriented and have superior academic credentials, analytical and writing skills, as well as a demonstrated attention to detail.
The anticipated full-time annualized salary is $225,000. The salary offer will be contingent upon various factors, including but not limited to relevant experience, internal equity, market data, job location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.
To apply, please submit the online application form by clicking the Apply Online button below and attach a resume, law school transcript, writing sample, and cover letter. When completing the online application, select “Washington, DC” for office, select “GOV-Antitrust” as the Department and "New Associate" as the Position.
King & Spalding seeks entry-level associates to join its Finance & Restructuring practice in Atlanta, Dallas, Miami, or New York in Fall 2027. The associates will support our teams in representing financial institutions, private credit funds, alternative lenders, private equity sponsors, and corporate borrowers in a variety of leveraged finance, private credit, structured lending, and securitization transactions. Our practice advises clients on acquisition financings, warehouse lending, asset-backed securitizations, and other complex specialty finance transactions.
Qualified candidates should have superior academic credentials, analytical and writing skills, and a demonstrated attention to detail. Previous law firm, accounting, finance, or related experience is preferred but not required.
The anticipated full-time annualized salary is $225,000. The salary offer will be contingent upon various factors, including but not limited to relevant experience, internal equity, market data, job location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.
To apply, please submit the online application form by clicking the Apply Online button below and attach a resume, law school transcript, and cover letter. When completing the online application, select Atlanta, Dallas, Miami, or New York for “office,” select “TXN-Finance” as the Department and “New Associate” as the position.
King & Spalding seeks an entry-level associate to join its Product Liability & Mass Torts practice in Atlanta (Fall 2027 associate class). Recognized as a “Litigation Powerhouse” and an eight-time Law360 Practice Group of the Year, this opportunity offers early, meaningful responsibility on high-performing trial teams handling significant individual, multidistrict, mass tort, and class action matters for product manufacturers across a broad range of industries. The associate will work closely with partners and senior litigators, take on substantive responsibility, and contribute meaningfully to matters before federal and state courts.
Qualified candidates will possess outstanding academic credentials, exceptional analytical and writing abilities, and a keen attention to detail.
The anticipated full-time annualized salary is $225,000. The salary offer will be contingent upon various factors, including but not limited to relevant experience, internal equity, market data, job location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.
To apply, please submit our online application and attach a resume, law school transcript, writing sample, and cover letter. When completing the online application, select "Atlanta" as the office, "TRIAL-Tort Litigation" as the department, and "New Associate" as the position.
King & Spalding seeks an entry-level associate to join its Project Finance practice in New York. The associate will support a nationally recognized team representing sponsors, private equity investors, developers, and other market participants in a wide variety of complex transactions in the energy, power, and infrastructure sectors, including project financings, acquisition financings, and related M&A transactions.
Qualified candidates should have superior academic credentials, analytical and writing skills, and a demonstrated attention to detail. Previous law firm, accounting, finance, or related experience is preferred but not required.
The anticipated full-time annualized salary is $225,000. The salary offer will be contingent upon various factors, including but not limited to relevant experience, internal equity, market data, job location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.
To apply, please submit the online application form by clicking the Apply Online button below and attach a resume, law school transcript, and cover letter. When completing the online application, select New York for “office,” select “TXN-Project Finance” as the Department and “New Associate” as the position.
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