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• King & Spalding hires two litigation partners from Bird & Bird in London

  Mar 14 2012 King & Spalding has boosted its London disputes practice with the hire of two litigation partners from Bird & Bird. Jane Player leaves a role as the joint head of... more

• King & Spalding posts 12% increase in PEP

  Feb 15 2012 King & Spalding has reported a 9 per cent increase in revenue in 2011, from $718 million to $781 million. In the same period the firm posted a 12 per cent increase in... more

• King & Spalding hires international arbitration expert in Frankfurt

  Jan 02 2012 King & Spalding has boosted its international arbitration practice in the Frankfurt office with the hire of Jan K. Schaefer of Allen & Overy. Schaefer’s practice... more

• Dubai to operate common law courts in English language

  Nov 09 2011 Dubai has expanded the jurisdiction of the financial free-zone courts to allow foreign companies doing business in Dubai the option of using English-speaking courts to... more

• Twitter as a marketing tool for law firms - who is using it and how?

  Jul 19 2011 Interesting article here about the law firms that are using Twitter as part of their marketing strategy. While many large law firms have Twitter accounts, the vast... more

• US firms look abroad to bolster profits

  Jun 23 2011 This Reuters article reflects upon the fact that as the US economy continues to struggle, law firms are looking abroad to bolster profits. In recent months, Davis... more

• King & Spalding launch in Moscow with new hires

  May 12 2011 King & Spalding has launched a new Moscow office after the hire of team of lawyers from Hogan Lovells and White & Case. The office will be led by Sergey Komolov,... more

• King & Spalding to launch London competition practice after Hogan Lovells hire

  May 11 2011 King & Spalding is set to launch a competition practice in London with the hire of Hogan Lovells of counsel Suzanne Rab. Rab will join the firm as a partner,... more

• US firm King & Spalding drops DOMA brief

  May 10 2011 King & Spalding has decided to drop the politically-sensitive brief to defend the US Defense of Marriage Act (‘DOMA’). DOMA was enacted in 1996 to prevent... more

• King & Spalding increases revenue and profits

  Feb 14 2011 King & Spalding increased revenue by 6 per cent to $718.2 million in 2010, while profit per equity partner jumped almost 18 per cent from $1.47 million in 2009 to... more

• King & Spalding set to open office in Singapore

  Sep 22 2010 King & Spalding is set to open a new office in Singapore after winning government approval. The Singapore office will operate as a regional hub for the firm’s energy... more

• Ballard Spahr hires King & Spalding IP litigator

  Sep 03 2010 Ballard Spahr has hired intellectual property litigator Katrina M Quicker, formerly a partner at King & Spalding. Quicker joined the partnership at Ballard Spahr two... more

• King & Spalding boost NY energy practice with Milbank hire

  Aug 19 2010 King & Spalding has boosted its global energy transactions practice in New York with the hire of Crayton Bell, a partner from Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy. Neil... more

• King & Spalding seek approval for expansion into Singapore

  Aug 11 2010 US firm King & Spalding has applied for government approval to open an office in Singapore. The firm’s firs office in Asia will be headed by global energy head Philip... more

• Top talent Garry Pegg leaves Hogan Lovells for King & Spalding

  Jun 16 2010 Partner Garry Pegg has defected from the London office of Hogan Lovells and is set to join US firm King & Spalding. Pegg was managing partner of Hogan’s London... more

• Allen & Overy lead $1.3 billion software deal

  Jun 11 2010 Allen & Overy has taken a lead role on a $1.3bn (£900m) deal for the sale of Misys’ 55% stake in US healthcare software company Allscripts to rival provider Eclipsys.... more

• King & Spalding wins $350m award in Mexican case

  Jan 15 2010 Atlanta-based law firm King & Spalding LLP has secured a $350 million arbitration award against Mexico’s national oil company. King & Spalding partners Robert... more

• Morgan Lewis tops Fortune 100 list of US law firms

  Aug 21 2009 Corporate Counsel has published a list of US law firms used most often by top 100 companies. The law firms with the most mentions included Morgan, Lewis & Bockius... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf's Eric Schwartz to join King & Spalding

  Apr 27 2009 Eric Schwartz, most recently head of Dewey & LeBoeuf's arbitration practice, has joined US-based King & Spalding. Schwartz will assist in launching King & Spalding's... more

• Latest Layoffs: 300 attorneys, 500 staff cut

  Mar 10 2009 Four major firms - White & Case, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, King & Spalding, K&L Gates - announced layoffs on Monday, totaling more than 300 attorneys and 522 support staff. more

• Clifford Chance hires senior FTC lawyer William Blumenthal

  Jan 06 2009 Clifford Chance has hired William Blumenthal, a former senior lawyer at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to head its US Antitrust group. As general counsel of... more

• King & Spalding out of proposed Thacher acquisition

  Dec 22 2008 King & Spalding no longer is in the running to acquire a part of Thacher Proffitt & Wood, writes The American Lawyer. In the past week, when King & Spalding neared... more

• Thacher Proffitt in talks with King & Spalding to avoid dissolution

  Dec 12 2008 The Legal Times reports that Atlanta-based King & Spalding is in talks to acquire most, but not all of Thacher Proffitt & Wood's lawyers. In order to avoid... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf partner Stenglein joins King & Spalding to launch Austin Office

  May 07 2008 The international law firm of King & Spalding LLP is spreading to Austin by taking the leader of the soon-to-be closed office of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, Mike Stenglein.... more