King & Spalding is a multinational corporate law firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the firm serves clients out of Riyadh through a cooperation with The Law Office of Mohammed AlAmmar. 

Focusses / specialisms 

The firm has an extensive financial and corporate offering covering banking, capital markets and corporate work. 

Its banking practice often acts for various Saudi banks and supports highly structured, complex deals. Overall, the firm advises borrowers and sponsors in both conventional and Shari’ah-compliant transactions across various financing types, as well as restructuring mandates. 

The firm also covers both conventional and Islamic finance deals in the capital markets arena, where it is not uncommon to see the firm on complex, landmark mandates. 

In corporate work, the firm commands the highest share of private equity deals by volume in the market. The firm boasts superlative expertise in such areas as healthcare, fintech, privatisations, consumer goods & retail, oil &gas, education, technology, venture capital, e-commerce, real estate and hospitality. 

Key clients 

Key clients include Saudi Aramco Investment Management Company, Dubai Financial Services Authority, Saudi British Bank, Banque Saudi Fransi, Samba Financial Group, Arab National Bank, National Commercial Bank, Riyad Bank, Riyad Capital, Jadwa Investment Company, Islamic Development Bank, Albilad Capital, Sedco Capital, General Dynamics, Western Union, Avibras, Gleeds, Abu Dhabi Development Holding Company (ADQ), Social Development Bank, LVMH and NBK Capital.