King & Spalding LLP's wide-ranging practice encompasses corporate, M&A, finance and disputes representing multinational conglomerates, large Indian oil and gas companies, and production companies. The practice group is co-led by experienced partners Amit Kataria, who specialises in private equity investments, and securities offerings; and Atlanta-based Rahul Patel, who focuses on joint ventures and strategic corporate transactions. Sajid Ahmed specialises in international arbitration and trade matters, while Thomas K. Sprange KC provides advocacy and advice on complex disputes for a variety of clients in different sectors. Andrew Brereton is a notable member of the team, who focuses on all aspects of financial matters.
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Testimonials
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‘The team has a strong appreciation of each client's expectations.'
'Amit Kataria is of note.'
Key clients
- VerSe Innovation Private Limited
- Reliance Industries Limited
- ArcelorMittal
- Vedanta Limited
- Cairn Energy Hydrocarbons Limited
- NCR Voyix Corporation
- Go Airlines (India) Limited
- SpiceJet Limited
Work highlights
Representing Vedanta and Cairn, the largest private oil and gas exploration and production companies in India, in two separate multibillion-dollar arbitrations.
Advised VerSe Innovation Private Limited and its affiliates in its cross-border acquisition of Magzter, Inc., a popular New York-based digital newsstand platform.
Advised ArcelorMittal on the sale of 100% of the shares in JSC ArcelorMittal Temirtau and JSC NGT Holding to JSC Qazaqstan Investment Corporation, an entity controlled by the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Practice head
Amit Kataria; Rahul Patel
Other key lawyers
Sajid Ahmed; Thomas K. Sprange KC; Andrew Brereton