LONDON, Oct. 27, 2016 — In the latest editions of its Financial & Corporate and Energy & Infrastructure guides, IFLR 1000 has ranked multiple King & Spalding practices and lawyers among the best in jurisdictions throughout the Americas, Asia-Pacific and EMEA regions.
King & Spalding received a total of 24 practice rankings in IFLR 1000’s Financial & Corporate guide, published this month, and its Energy & Infrastructure guide, published this summer. In addition, IFLR 1000 named 20 King & Spalding lawyers as “leading lawyers” and six as “rising stars” in their areas of expertise. The firm was also recognized as among the most active foreign firms practicing in six African countries.
IFLR 1000 bases its rankings on transactional evidence, peer feedback and client feedback gathered from extensive research in more than 120 jurisdictions worldwide. A full list of King & Spalding’s 2016 IFLR 1000 rankings follows. To review the accompanying commentary on the IFLR 1000 website, click here.
Practice Rankings
Algeria
- Financial and Corporate – Foreign – Active
Angola
- Financial and Corporate – Foreign – Active
France
- Project Finance – Other notable
Germany
- Banking – Tier 4
- Restructuring – Other notable
Japan
- Project Finance – Foreign – Tier 4
Latin America & Caribbean
- Energy and infrastructure – Tier 2
Morocco
- Financial and Corporate – Foreign -- Active
Mozambique
- Financial and Corporate - Foreign -- Active
Nigeria
- Financial and Corporate – Foreign – Active
Russia
- Banking – Other notable
- M&A – Tier 4
- Energy – Tier 3
Saudi Arabia
- Banking – Tier 2
- Capital Markets – Tier 2
- M&A – Tier 2
- Project Finance – Tier 2
Singapore
- Energy and infrastructure – Foreign – Tier 1
- Project Finance – Tier 2
Sub-Saharan Africa
- Energy – Tier 4
- Mining – Tier 3
- Oil and Gas – Tier 2
Tunisia
- Financial and Corporate – Foreign – Active
United Arab Emirates
- Banking and Finance – Tier 3
- Capital Markets – Tier 3
- M&A – Tier 3
United States
- Banking – Tier 5
- Capital markets: equity – Tier 6
- Capital markets: debt – Tier 6
- Project Finance – Tier 5
Leading Lawyers
Japan
- Rupert Lewi – Energy and Infrastructure, Project Development, M&A
- John McClenahan – Energy and Infrastructure, Banking, Project Finance, M&A
Russia
- Jennifer Josefson – Energy and Infrastructure, Project Development, M&A
- Maya Melnikas – Banking, M&A
Saudi Arabia
- Nabil Issa – Private equity, Restructuring, M&A
- James Stull – Investment Funds, Private Equity, M&A
Singapore
- Kelly Malone – Energy and infrastructure, Project Development, Banking, Project Finance
- Daniel Rogers – Energy and infrastructure, Banking, Project Finance
- Merrick White – Energy and infrastructure, M&A
- Richard Nelson – Energy and infrastructure, Project Development, Banking, Project Finance, M&A
- John Savage – Energy and infrastructure, Disputes
UAE
- Jawad Ali – Investment Funds, Islamic Finance
- Rizwan Kanji – Capital Markets: Debt, Islamic Finance,
- James Stull – Investment funds, Private equity, M&A
- Nabil Issa – Private equity, Restructuring, M&A
- Leroy Levy – Project Finance, PPP/PFI
United Kingdom
- Thomas Jones – Competition, Capital markets: structured finance and securitisation
- Garry Pegg – Energy and infrastructure, Project Development, Project finance, M&A
United States
- Ken Culotta – Energy and infrastructure, Banking, Project Finance
- Kathryn Furman – Investment Funds, M&A
Rising Stars
Singapore
- Simon Cowled – Energy and infrastructure, Project Development
- Mona Katigbak – Energy and infrastructure, Project Development, Banking, Project Finance
United States
- Michael Urschel – Banking
- Jeffrey Dutson – Financial Restructuring
- Tony Mechcatie – Capital markets: structured finance and securitisation
- Chadwick Werner – Banking
About King & Spalding
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.