backLONDON, March 14, 2013 — King & Spalding has been emphasizing the expansion of its practices internationally and based on the results of the latest Chambers Global, the market is taking note. The 2013 edition of the prestigious guide recognized 30 of the firm's practices for their regional expertise, identifying five among the best in the world. In addition, 46 King & Spalding lawyers earned a total of 90 individual rankings spanning five large geographic regions and 14 countries, including new jurisdictions such as Indonesia, the Netherlands and Peru.
Consistent with the firm’s established reputation as a leader in the energy field, the practice also obtained two new recognitions this year for its capabilities in the Asia-Pacific and Russia. As a result of the firm’s impressive energy profile, it was named one of five finalists for the Chambers Global ‘Law Firm of the Year: Projects/ Energy’ award.
Each year, Chambers researches the legal markets in more than 180 countries, identifying the leading law firms and practitioners worldwide through interviews with thousands of lawyers and their clients. Rankings are assessed based on technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence, commitment and other qualities valued by clients.
The firm and its lawyers received the following rankings in this year’s guide:
Global-wide
Arbitration (International) (Band 2)
- Doak Bishop (Band 1)
- Eric Schwartz (Band 2)
- Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez (Band 3)
- John Bowman (Band 3)
- John Savage (Band 3)
- Edward Kehoe (Band 4)
Arbitration (International): Most In Demand Arbitrators
- Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez (Band 1)
Banking & Finance: Islamic Finance (Band 2)
International Trade/WTO (Band 3)
Projects & Energy (Band 4)
Projects & Energy: Oil & Gas (Band 2)
Asia-Pacific Region
Arbitration (International) (Band 3)
- John Savage (Band 1)
Energy & Natural Resources (Band 4)
Europe-wide
Arbitration (International)
- Eric Schwartz (Band 1)
Arbitration (International): Most In Demand Arbitrators
- Eric Schwartz (Band 1)
International Trade/WTO (Band 3)
- Daniel C Crosby (Band 2)
Latin America-wide
Arbitration (International) (Band 1)
- Doak Bishop (Band 1)
- Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez (Band 2)
- Craig Miles (Band 4)
- Henry Guy Burnett (Band 4)
- Roberto J Aguirre Luzi (Band 4)
Arbitration (International): Most In Demand Arbitrators
- Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez (Band 1)
International Arbitration: Arbitrators
- Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez (Band 1)
Projects (Experts Based Abroad) (Band 3)
- George E Crady (Band 4)
- Kenneth S Culotta (Band 4)
Middle East-wide
Capital Markets: Debt
- Rizwan H Kanji (Band 2)
Corporate/Commercial (Band 3)
Investment Funds (Band 1)
- Nabil Issa (Band 2)
- Benjamin R Newland (Band 2)
Islamic Finance (Band 2)
- Jawad Ali (Band 2)
- Isam Salah (Band 3)
Projects & Energy (Band 3)
- Tim Burbury (Band 3)
- Leroy Levy (Band 3)
France
Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
- Eric Schwartz (Band 1)
- James Castello (Band 4)
Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators
- Eric Schwartz (Band 2)
Germany
Dispute Resolution (Foreign Experts)
- Jan K Schäfer (Spotlight table)
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Counsel
- Jan K Schäfer (Band 3)
India
Corporate/M&A (Experts Based Abroad) (Band 3)
- Rahul Patel (Band 3)
Indonesia
Projects & Energy (International Firms) (Experts Based Abroad)
- Merrick White (Band 3)
Netherlands
Dispute Resolution (Experts Based Abroad)
- Jan K Schäfer (Spotlight table)
Peru
Corporate/M&A (Experts Based Abroad)
- Cristina Ferraro (Spotlight table)
Russia
Energy & Natural Resources (Band 4)
- Jennifer Josefson (Band 2)
Energy & Natural Resources (Foreign Experts)
- Jennifer Josefson (Spotlight table)
Saudi Arabia
Corporate/Commercial (Band 3)
Corporate/Commercial (Experts Based Abroad)
- Nabil Issa (Band 1)
Singapore
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (Band 2)
- John Savage (Band 1)
Projects & Energy (Foreign Experts)
- Merrick White (Spotlight table)
Projects & Energy: International (Band 3)
- Daniel R Rogers (Band 2)
- Philip R Weems (Band 2)
- Merrick White (Band 2)
- Kelly Malone (Band 3)
Switzerland
International Trade/WTO (Band 2)
- Daniel C Crosby (Band 2)
- Jasper Wauters (Band 2)
United Arab Emirates
Banking & Finance (Band 4)
Banking & Finance (Experts Based Abroad)
- Isam Salah (Spotlight table)
Banking & Finance: Islamic Finance
- Jawad Ali (Band 2)
Capital Markets: Debt
- Rizwan H Kanji (Band 3)
Corporate/Commercial
- Nabil Issa (Band 4)
- Benjamin R Newland (Band 5)
Corporate/Commercial (Foreign Experts)
- Nabil Issa (Spotlight table)
Corporate/M&A: The Elite (Band 3)
Real Estate & Construction: Construction (Band 2)
Real Estate & Construction: Construction (Non-contentious)
- Tim Burbury (Band 1)
Real Estate & Construction: Real Estate (Band 3)
United Kingdom
Corporate/M&A (Foreign Experts)
- John L Keffer (Spotlight table)
Dispute Resolution
- Sarah Y Walker (Band 5)
Energy & Natural Resources (Foreign Experts)
- Martin Hunt (Spotlight table)
Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
- Garry J Pegg (Band 2)
United States
Banking & Finance (Foreign Experts)
- Isam Salah (Spotlight table)
Capital Markets: REITs (Band 4)
- Peter Genz (Band 2)
Capital Markets: Securitisation
- Cameron Cowan (Band S)
Competition/Antitrust (Band 4)
- Jeffrey Cashdan (Band 3)
Corporate/M&A (Foreign Experts)
- Cristina Ferraro (Spotlight table)
- Rahul Patel (Spotlight table)
Energy & Natural Resources (Experts Based Abroad)
- Daniel R Rogers (Spotlight table)
- Jennifer Josefson (Spotlight table)
- Martin Hunt (Spotlight table)
Energy & Natural Resources (Foreign Experts)
- Vera de Brito de Gyarfas (Spotlight table)
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) (Band 3)
- Neil L Levy (Band 1)
- David Tewksbury (Band 3)
Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
- Crayton L Bell (Band 3)
Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
- James F Bowe Jr (Band 3)
International Arbitration (Band 1)
- Doak Bishop (Band 1)
- Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez (Band 2)
- John Bowman (Band 2)
- Edward Kehoe (Band 2)
- Henry Guy Burnett (Band 5)
- Craig Miles (Band 5)
International Arbitration: Arbitrators
- Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez (Band 1)
- Doak Bishop (Band 1)
International Trade (Band 3)
International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
- Gilbert Kaplan (Band 3)
- Joseph W Dorn (Band 1)
- Stephen J Orava (Band 3)
Litigation: Trial Lawyers
- Ray Persons (Band 2)
- Chilton Davis Varner (Band 2)
Projects
- Kenneth S Culotta (Band 3)
Projects (Experts Based Abroad)
- Daniel R Rogers (Spotlight table)
Projects (Foreign Experts)
- George E Crady (Spotlight table)
- Kenneth S Culotta (Spotlight table)
Projects: Oil & Gas (Band 3)
Venezuela
Energy & Natural Resources (Experts Based Abroad)
- Vera de Brito de Gyarfas (Spotlight table)
To read the full commentary from Chambers Global research, click 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.