News About King & Spalding

King & Spalding hires heavyweight five-partner arbitration team from WilmerHale

Renowned practitioner Gary Born, WilmerHale’s global arbitration chair, joins with four more partners across London, Washington DC and New York

15 Jun 2026

King & Spalding adds two London partners in as many days

Top 30 US firm continues City growth push with hires from Paul Hastings and Goodwin to build antitrust and corporate real estate offerings

6 May 2026

Paul Hastings relaunches in Brussels with King & Spalding partner hire

Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte will chair the Brussels office and spearhead the firm’s EU antitrust expansion

13 Mar 2026

Eversheds makes twin banking and finance hire in Dubai from King & Spalding

Mike Rainey and Asal Saghari both join as partners to grow firm’s Middle East footprint

18 Nov 2025

King & Spalding launches in Sydney with five-partner team

US firm cites ‘extensive’ Australian relationships as it opens office focused on commerical litigation, energy and tech transactions and global workforce matters

15 Oct 2025

King & Spalding secures IP litigator pair from Goodwin Procter

Duo join Atlanta firm a month after arrival of Neel Chatterjee from Goodwin to co-head IP disputes team

20 Aug 2025

Kirkland adds 13-partner litigation team from King & Spalding

Chicago giant continues litigation hiring spree as mass torts and product liability team joins across US

27 May 2025

Cahill hires trio of King & Spalding partners to launch tech IP disputes practice in DC

Chris Campbell to chair new group as firm builds on life sciences IP capabilities

30 Apr 2025

King & Spalding hits Baker McKenzie for Brussels trade duo

Firm restocks Brussels trade bench with partner Arnoud Willems and newly-minted partner Bregt Natens following exits last November

18 Feb 2025

King & Spalding builds out global energy practice with double partner raid on Akin in London

Dan Giemajner and Matt Hardwick continue run of UK hires for US firm

13 Feb 2025

King & Spalding merges with Saudi firm

Tie-up with Al Fahad & Partners adds 17-fee earners to US firm’s nine-lawyer Riyadh team

21 Jan 2025

Women KCs celebrate 75th anniversary of first appointments

Lady Chief Justice hosts event to mark progress since first two women took silk in 1949

2 Oct 2024

King & Spalding adds four-partner finance team in London from Cadwalader

Fund finance and ESG partners make the move alongside team of associates

13 Jun 2024

Paul Hastings adds 11 restructuring and finance partners after mass raid on King & Spalding

Latest team hire sees up to 20 lawyers led by K&S restructuring and finance co-head Jennifer Daly join across US

3 Jun 2024

Former DPP reported by Whitehall appointments watchdog over King & Spalding role

Max Hill rejects accusation he ‘blatantly’ disregarded vetting process before taking consultancy role at US firm

7 Mar 2024

King & Spalding to open in Dallas with partner hire from Gibson Dunn

Veronica Moyé will front new office alongside King & Spalding partners Sean Royall and Alfonso Chan

26 Feb 2024

Former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Max Hill KC joins King & Spalding in London

Atlanta-based firm cites ‘ever-increasing convergence of the civil, criminal and regulatory strands of the law’

6 Feb 2024

King & Spalding hires Ashurst’s ex-Middle East head of corporate

Simon Fraser will be based in Abu Dhabi; senior associate also moves across, as a partner

19 Dec 2023

Allen & Overy and King & Spalding snap up Shearman & Sterling partners in Paris and UAE

International departures from New York firm continue in wake of its now shelved merger talks with Hogan Lovells.

15 Mar 2023

King & Spalding bolsters government investigations offering with hire of Freshfields’ New York managing partner

Olivia Radin latest in a string of senior hires in New York for Atlanta-based firm

19 Jan 2023