backLONDON, November 3, 2014 — King & Spalding has received seven practice area rankings and a further 21 individual lawyer rankings in this year’s UK guides from Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.
The London-based energy and natural resources and international arbitration teams both moved up a band to band 3 in Chambers UK 2015. The office’s Islamic finance practice maintained its tier 1 rating in Legal 500 while the oil and gas practice was promoted to tier 2 this year. Legal 500 also ranked the firm’s UK international arbitration, M&A (upper mid-market and premium deals) and commercial litigation practices.
In addition, London lawyers achieved 21 individual rankings between the two guides. The full breakdown is
Chambers UK 2015
UK-wide Energy & Natural Resources – Oil & Gas (Band 3)
- Garry Pegg (Band 2)
UK-wide International Arbitration (Band 3)
- Tom Sprange (Band 3)
- Sarah Walker (Band 5)
UK-wide Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory
- Angela Hayes (Band 4)
UK-wide Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory
- Angela Hayes (Band 4)
London Banking & Finance Islamic finance
- Mike Rainey (Band 2)
London Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market
- William Charnley (Band 2)
London Fraud: Civil
- Tom Sprange (Band 3)
London Litigation
- Sarah Walker (Band 5)
- Jane Player (Band 6)
Legal 500 UK
Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Upper Mid-market and Premium Deals, £250m+ (Tier 6)
- William Charnley (Recommended)
- Marcus Young (Recommended)
Dispute Resolution: Commercial Litigation (Tier 7)
Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration (Tier 4)
- Tom Sprange (Leading)
- Egishe Dzhazoyan (Recommended)
- Sarah Walker (Recommended)
- Jane Player (Recommended)
Dispute Resolution: Mediators
- Jane Player (Tier 3)
Finance: Islamic Finance (Tier 1)
- Jawad Ali (Leading)
- Michael Rainey (Leading)
Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil & Gas (Tier 2)
- Garry Pegg (Leading)
- Nina Howell (Recommended)
More details on the Chambers UK rankings can be found here. More details on the Legal 500 UK rankings can be found here.
About King & Spalding
Celebrating more than 125 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 800 lawyers in 17 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.