Our Culture

Our high-performing culture is founded on a drive for uncompromising quality, a dedication to service and genuine respect for others. Clients tell us that our culture sets us apart, is a consistent experience across our offices globally, and leads to beneficial outcomes.

Collaboration, Inclusion & Opportunity

Our firm’s collaborative, high-performance culture is enriched by the diverse talents, backgrounds, and perspectives of our lawyers. We support all our lawyers with programs and resources that enhance inclusion and provide opportunities to connect and engage with each other, our clients, and our communities across the globe. All programs and resources are open to all lawyers without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law. Learn more about our comprehensive lawyer development programming and resources.

Engaging Through Affinity Groups

Each of our 26 Affinity Groups provides a platform for lawyers to connect and engage across practices and offices. They are organized to allow members to address shared topics of interest, and currently include groups such as African American Attorneys, Armed Forces Attorney Coalition, Asian Attorneys, First Generation Professionals, Flex-Time/Part-Time Attorneys, LGBTQ+ Attorneys, Differently Abled Attorneys, and the Firmwide Women’s Alliance. Membership in each group is open to all lawyers.

Our Values

We are guided on a daily basis by a set of client service principles that express our straightforward, outward-oriented and personal approach to delivering solutions.

We don’t settle for “good.”

Our goal is to deliver a world-class work product to solve complicated business issues. We take pride in our uncompromising commitment to quality, recognize that everything we do or produce is a measure of that commitment, and give 100% the first time and every time. No exceptions.

Anticipate clients’ needs

We listen carefully to understand each client’s business and culture. The insight we gain allows us to anticipate our clients’ needs and give proactive advice.

Cut to the heart of the matter

We streamline our legal advice to focus on what is essential to achieving our clients’ business goals—efficiently and cost-effectively.

Solve problems; don’t just spot issues

Our clients need solutions. We help them identify, avoid and solve problems, working across offices and teams to offer seamless and comprehensive service.

Be a good counselor, not just a good lawyer

Our clients expect us not only to know the law, but also to be trusted counselors. We seek to establish true partnerships and give advice with integrity and candor.

We rise to any challenge

Challenging matters motivate us. We do not give up, even if the original approach does not work.

Speak business, not legalese

Our clients want clear and actionable advice, not long demonstrations of our legal knowledge.

Take care of our clients

Our clients are individuals with professional and personal demands. We provide full-service support, view no request as trivial and manage matters to relieve our clients of as much pressure and anxiety as possible.

Enjoy the relationship

Our culture is one of genuine respect. We understand that achievements are the result of teamwork, so we take the time to build relationships with each other, with our clients and with others involved in our work.

Walk in our clients’ shoes

We treat our clients’ challenges as our own. We think and say “we,” not “you.”

King & Spalding LLP (K&S) is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all state, federal, and local laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other status protected by applicable law.