backDALLAS, April 7, 2026 – King & Spalding announced today that Jeff Cole and Brian Jansen have joined the firm as partners in its Finance and Restructuring practice group. They are based in the Dallas office.
“Jeff and Brian have practices that align directly with the firm’s core leveraged finance and private credit platform and will help us continue our strong growth in the Dallas market,” said Carolyn Alford, co-leader of the firm’s Finance and Restructuring practice group. “Jeff and Brian are highly experienced, energetic, and collaborative lawyers who will help originate, grow and institutionalize relationships with our clients across the firm.”
They join the firm from Winston & Strawn, where Cole helped found the Dallas office and previously served as Texas office chair of the Debt Finance practice group.
“King & Spalding’s platform will allow us to continue growing our practices while providing continuity and depth of service to our clients,” said Cole. “We’re excited to reunite and collaborate with some of our colleagues who have joined the firm recently to build on the firm’s growth in Dallas while guiding our clients on their most significant and complex transactions.”
Jeff Cole
Cole represents senior and junior lenders, private equity sponsors and public and private companies on leveraged acquisition financings, working capital facilities, expansion and growth financings and recapitalizations spanning a variety of industries. He has extensive experience with various types of debt financings, including cash flow and asset-based lending transactions, senior secured first lien and second lien loan financings, unitranche loan financings, mezzanine loan financings, cross-border financings, and distressed lending transactions. He regularly represents lenders and private companies with non-control structured equity investments, such as investments in warrants and minority equity investments. He received his B.A. and B.S. from the University of Arkansas and his J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law.
Brian Jansen
Jansen represents lenders, private equity sponsors and public and private companies with a broad range of financing transactions, including leveraged acquisition financings, working capital facilities, growth financings and recapitalizations across a broad range of industries. He counsels his clients in a variety of debt investments, including secured and unsecured debt, syndicated financings, club deals, unitranche debt, second lien financing, mezzanine debt and holdco note investments. Jansen received his B.S., cum laude, from Iowa State University of Science and Technology, and his J.D. from University of Kansas School of Law, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif.
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