King & Spalding LLP was founded in 1885 by Alexander C. King and Jack Spalding in Atlanta, Georgia. King & Spalding is regarded as Atlanta’s oldest law firm. In 2007, the firm’s estimated revenue was placed at $615 million. The firm offers services that cover diverse industries like corporate, government, international, litigation, and alternative dispute resolutions among others.

Other areas of concentration King & Spalding is noted for are product liability, international arbitration, patent litigation, professional responsibility, antitrust and government investigation. It also focuses on Islamic finance as well as private equity, securities, and mergers and acquisitions (M & A).

Throughout the years, King & Spalding’s lawyers have concentrated on offering high quality legal counsel and continuously developed client relationships characterized by productivity and utmost professionalism. These two important characteristics, together with community stewardship, are the firm’s core objectives.

King & Spalding has a discovery center that was created to primarily to work on large amounts of documents gathered as a result of mass torts and class actions. It has become a significant profit center and houses contract attorneys who take on cases for prominent companies like The Coca-Cola Company and Chevron Corporation.

Some of the firm’s other clients include Bank of America; The Home Depot, Inc.; Deutsche Bank, Ernst & Young LLP; General Motors Corporation; General Electric Company; and Credit Suisse.

King & Spalding’s list of senior partners include some of the most prominent personalities in the United States: former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell; former Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia; former Senator Dan Coats (Indiana); Connie Mack, former Florida senator; and the late George Busbee, former governor of Georgia.

The firm, which now has over 880 lawyers, represents half of the Fortune 100. Some of its most significant and lucrative deals include Sprint Corp.’s sale of Sprint Publishing & Advertising in 2003, which amounted to $2.23 billion, and its role as advisor to Credit Suisse First Boston during its $3 billion merger with Riverwood Holding in 2003.

King & Spalding has been recognized by some of the industry’s most respected bodies. It was named Atlanta’s best corporate law firm in 2003 by Corporate Board Member magazine. Corporate Counsel surveys have also constantly shown King & Spalding as among the top firms representing Fortune 250 companies.

Robert Hays has been King & Spalding’s chairman since 2005. He is a prominent figure in the legal and business communities and was named by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of the “100 Most Influential Atlantans” in 2006.

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