King & Spalding LLP boasts a team of ‘absolutely top-notch lawyers’, with experience representing high-profile clients across real estate, aviation, energy, and financial services. ’As smart as they are easy to work with’, team heads Sarah Walker and Thomas Sprange KC advise on complex international disputes, including high-stakes, bet-the-company litigation. Ruth Byrne KC focuses on energy, life sciences, and fraud-related work.
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‘Sarah Walker and Tom Sprange KC are as smart as they are easy to work with.’
‘King & Spalding are absolutely top-notch lawyers. They tick all of the typical boxes you expect from great lawyers, but, their litigators add a level of strategic aggression that is hard to find anywhere else. When you bring King & Spalding into the trenches with you, you feel a whole lot better about finding your way out.’
‘A great team.’
'Exceptional client service- commitment, resources, 24/7 availability and exceptional technical expertise in litigation/arbitration.'
'Sarah Walker is focused, client-focussed and hugely impressive on all fronts in big commercial disputes.'
Key clients
- VietJet
- SpiceJet Limited
- Jetcraft Global (U.K.) Limited
- Refinería de Cartagena S.A. (Reficar)
- Motorola Solutions Inc; Motorola Solutions Malaysia Sdn, Bhd
- Steven Kelbrick and Attock Oil
Work highlights
Secured a landmark victory for Steven Kelbrick and Attock Oil International Limited in the London Commercial Court, achieving the dismissal of all breach of contract and civil fraud claims stemming from proceedings first initiated nearly a decade ago over an alleged $325 million oil trading fraud.
Obtained a decisive victory for Reficar, a Colombian oil refinery owner and the largest single creditor, in highly complex and precedent-setting English High Court proceedings that successfully challenged McDermott International’s attempt to extinguish an earlier arbitration award against its subsidiary as unsecured debt.
Representing Motorola Solutions in English High Court against Hytera to enforce a portion of a US court judgment ordering Hytera to pay Motorola more than USD 600 million in compensation for trade secret misappropriation, copyright infringement, costs, legal fees and expenses.
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Practice head
Sarah Walker; Thomas Sprange KC
Other key lawyers
Ruth Byrne KC