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March 20, 2017

Chambers Global 2017 Recognizes King & Spalding in 52 Practice Area Categories


LONDON, March 20, 2017 — King & Spalding has been recognized as one of the leading international firms in the latest Chambers Global guide. The 2017 guide ranked the firm’s practice areas in 52 categories, and King & Spalding lawyers earned 139 individual rankings.

Africa-Wide

Projects and energy (Band 4)

  • Mehdi Haroun (Band 3)

Algeria

Corporate/Commercial (Desk Based Abroad)

  • Nora Djeraba (Expert Based Abroad in France)
  • Mehdi Haroun (Expert Based Abroad in France)

Asia-Pacific Region

Arbitration (International) (Band 2)

  • Stuart Isaacs (Band 2 for Most In Demand Arbitrators)

Energy & Natural Resources (Band 2)

Projects & Infrastructure (Band 4)

Europe-Wide

Arbitration (International) (Band 3)

  • Tom Sprange (Band 4)

 

International Trade (Band 3)  

  • Daniel Crosby (Band 2)
  • Iain MacVay (Band 2)

France

Corporate/M&A

  • Mehdi Haroun (Foreign Expert for Algeria, Libya and Morocco)  

Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration (Band 3)

  • James Castello (Band 3)

Projects: International

  • Mehdi Haroun (Band 3)
  • Mehdi Haroun (Foreign Expert for Africa-Wide)

Germany

Banking & Finance

  • Sebastian Kaufmann (Foreign Expert forUSA)
  • Werner Meier (Band 3 for Acquisition Finance and Syndicated Lending)

Capital Markets

  • Markus Bauman (Expert Based Abroad in U.K.)

Dispute Resolution

  • Jan Schaefer (Band 4 for Arbitration Counsel)
  • Jan Schaefer (Foreign Expert for Netherlands)
  • Jan Schaefer (Recognised Practitioner for Most in Demand Arbitrators)

Global-Wide
 
Arbitration (International) (Band 1)

  • Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez (Band 2)
  • Doak Bishop (Band 1)
  • John Bowman (Band 4)
  • Edward Kehoe (Band 4)
  • John Savage (Band 2)

Arbitration (International) - Most in Demand Arbitrators

  • Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez (Band 1)

Banking & Finance: Islamic Finance (Band 2)

Dispute Resolution (Band 4)

International Trade/WTO (Band 3)

Projects & Energy (Band 3)

Projects & Energy: Oil & Gas (Band 2)

Public International Law (Band 4)

  • Doak Bishop (Band 3)  

India

Corporate/M&A  (Band 4- Expertise Based Abroad)

  • Rahul  Patel (Band 3 – Expert Based Abroad in USA)

Projects & Energy (Band 1 – Expertise Based Abroad)

  • Daniel Rogers (Expert Based Abroad in Singapore)

Indonesia

Corporate & Finance (International Firms) – Expertise Based Abroad (Band 4)

Dispute Resolution (International Firms) – Expertise Based Abroad

  • John Savage (Band 2)

 

Projects and Energy (International Firms) – Expertise Based Abroad

  • Simon Cowled (Up and Coming)
  • Richard Nelson (Band 3)
  • Merrick White (Band 2)

Japan

Dispute Resolution

  • Christopher Bailey (Band 2)

Projects & Energy: International (Band 3)

  • Rupert Lewi (Foreign Expert for South Korea)
  • John McClenahan (Band 1 and Foreign Expert for Myanmar and South Korea)

 

Latin America-Wide

Arbitration (International) (Band 1)

  • Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez (Band 1)
  • Roberto Aguirre Luzi (Band 3)
  • Doak Bishop (Band 1)
  • Henry Burnett (Band 3)
  • Craig Miles (Band 4)

Energy & Natural Resource (Band 3)

  • Juan-Pablo Crespo (Band 4)
  • Kenneth Culotta (Band 3)

Projects (Band 4)

  • Kenneth Culotta (Band 3)

Libya

General Business Law (Expertise Based Abroad in France)

  • Mehdi Haroun (Expert Based Abroad in France)

Middle East-Wide

Capital Markets (Band 3)

  • Rizwan Kanji (Band 3 for Capital Markets: Debt)

Corporate/M&A (Band 3)

  • Nabil Issa (Band 2)

Dispute Resolution

  • Adrian Cole (Band 3)

Investment Funds (Band 1)

  • Nabil Issa (Band 1)
  • James Stull (Up and Coming)

Islamic Finance (Band 2)

  • Jawad Ali (Band 2)
  • Rizwan Kanji (Band 3)
  • Isam Salah (Eminent Practitioner)

Projects & Energy (Band 3)

  • Tim Burbury (Band 3)
  • Leroy Levy (Band 3)

Morocco

General Business Law

  • Mehdi Haroun (Expert Based Abroad in France)

Myanmar

General Business Law

  • John McClenahan (Band 3)
  • Richard Nelson (Band 2)

Russia

Banking & Finance

  • Maya Melnikas (Band 4)

Corporate/M&A (Band 4)

Energy & Natural Resources (Band 2)

  • Jennifer Josefson (Band 1)

Energy & Natural Resources: Mining (Recognised Practitioner)

Saudi Arabia
Banking & Finance (Band 2)

  • Zaid Al-Farisi (Up and Coming)

Corporate/Commercial (Band 2)

  • Nabil Issa (Expert Based Abroad in United Arab Emirates)

Singapore

Corporate/M&A (Foreign Expertise for Indonesia)

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (Band 1)

  • Elodie Dulac (Up and Coming)
  • Simon Dunbar (Up and Coming)
  • Stuart Isaacs (Band 1 for Most in Demand Arbitrators)
  • John Savage (Band 1)

Energy & Natural Resources: International  (Band 1)

  • Simon Cowled (Recognised Practitioner)
  • Kelly Malone (Band 4)
  • Richard Nelson (Band 1)
  • Merrick White (Band 1)

Projects & Energy (Foreign Expertise for India)

Projects & Infrastructure: International (Band 2)

  • Simon Cowled (Foreign Expert for Indonesia)
  • Richard Nelson (Foreign Expert for Indonesia and Myanmar)
  • Merrick White (Foreign Expert for Indonesia)
  • Kelly Malone (Band 3)

South Korea

Energy & Natural Resources

  • Rupert Lewi (Expert Based Abroad in Japan)
  • John McClenahan (Expert Based Abroad in Japan)

Switzerland

International Trade (Band 2)  

  • Daniel Crosby (Band 2)

Tunisia

General Business Law

  • Mehdi Haroun (Expert Based Abroad in France)

United Kingdom

Dispute Resolution

  • Tom Sprange (Band 3)

Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas (Band 3)

  • Garry Pegg (Band 2)

United Arab Emirates

Banking & Finance (Band 3)

  • Jawad Ali (Band 2 for Islamic Finance)
  • Rizwan Kanji (Band 3 for Islamic Finance)
  • Isam Salah (Expert Based Abroad in USA for Islamic Finance)

Capital Markets (Band 3)

  • Rizwan Kanji (Band 2 for Capital Markets: Debt)

Construction (Band 2)

  • Tim Burbury (Band 1 for Construction: Non-Contentious)
  • Adrian Cole (Band 1 for Construction: Dispute Resolution)

Corporate/M&A (Band 3)

  • Nabil Issa (Band 3 and Foreign Expert for Saudi Arabia)
  • Benjamin Newland (Expert Based Abroad in USA)

Dispute Resolution

  • Adrian Cole (Band 3)

Real Estate (Band 2)

  • Stephen Kelly (Band 2)
  • Moustafa Said (Band 2)

USA

Antitrust: Cartel (Band 2)

  • James Griffin (Band 1)
  • Graciela Rodriguez (Band 3)

 
Banking & Finance

  • Isam Salah (Foreign Expert for UAE)

Capital Markets: Securitisation and Structured Products

  • Michael Urschel (Up and Coming)

Corporate Crime & Investigations (Band 4)

Corporate/M&A

  • Rahul Patel (Foreign Expert for India)

Energy & Natural Resources

  • Vera de Brito de Gyarfas (Foreign Expert for Venezuela)

Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)

  • James Bowe (Band 2)
  • Neil Levy (Band 3)

Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) (Band 2)

  • Neil Levy (Band 1)
  • Bruce Richardson  (Band 4)
  • David Tewksbury (Band 1)

International Arbitration (Band 2)

  • Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez (Band 3 and Foreign Expert for Latin America-wide)
  • Doak Bishop (Band 1)
  • John Bowman (Band 3)
  • Henry Burnett (Band 5 and Foreign Expert for Latin America-wide)
  • Wade Coriell (Up and Coming)
  • Edward Kehoe (Band 2)
  • Craig Miles (Band 5)

International Arbitration: Arbitrators   

  • Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez (Band 1)

International Trade (Band 3)

  • Stephen Jones (Band 5 for Trade Remedies & Trade Policy)
  • Gilbert Kaplan (Band 2 for Trade Remedies & Trade Policy)
  • Stephen Orava (Band 4 for Trade Remedies & Trade Policy)

Litigation

  • Ronni Solomon (Band 3 for E-Discovery)
  • Chilton Davis Varner (Band 1 for Trial Lawyers)
  • Dan Willoughby (Band 4 for E-Discovery)

Projects

  • Kenneth Culotta (Band 3 and Foreign Expert for Latin America-wide)

Projects: LNG (Band 1)

  • Kenneth Culotta (Band 2)

Projects: Oil & Gas (Band 4)

 

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Celebrating more than 130 years of service, King & Spalding is an international law firm that represents a broad array of clients, including half of the Fortune Global 100, with 900 lawyers in 18 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm has handled matters in over 160 countries on six continents and is consistently recognized for the results it obtains, uncompromising commitment to quality, and dedication to understanding the business and culture of its clients. More information is available at www.kslaw.com.