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King & Spalding LLP

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King & Spalding LLP focuses on cases across the energy, real estate, construction, and infrastructure sectors, as well as handling a growing body of work pertaining to banking and finance disputes and investigations. Ben Williams is instructed by prominent state-backed entities, corporates and financial institutions on a mix of construction and commercial matters. Adam Gray relocated from Austin in May 2023 and brings further construction expertise to the fore. Kateryna Frolova and Sophia Cafoor-Camps come recommended.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘The K&S Dispute Resolution team has a very diverse group of lawyers to draw on both locally in the ME Region & globally, which they do for their clients. They have a very good litigation group that prepares the client for responses to the various legal responses and actual trial interactions with the judge and opposing lawyers.’

  • ‘The lawyers that are directly involved and even those that only assist are very personable to work with, yet very professional and demanding at the same time.'

  • ‘King & Spalding are extremely experienced, have a massive track record and precedents, are truly multi-jurisdictional, and uniquely highlight the strength and weaknesses and provide clear cut recommendations.’

Key clients

  • Hexagon Holdings  Limited
  • International Airfinance Corporation
  • Bateel
  • Sanitek
  • Abdullah Mubarak Al Suwaiket & Sons
  • Calvin E. Jungquist

Work highlights

Representing Calvin E. Jungquist in a one-week trial in the DIFC Courts in July 2023 in a claim for breach of contract and tort against Michael H. Corbin and Navistar Defense LLC.
Representing Lebanese claimants Sanitek S.a.r.l., Sari Haddad and Elias Doumet in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Armenia. The dispute arises out of continuing breaches of the Lebanon-Armenia BIT and the Canada-Armenia BIT by the Government of Armenia and the Municipality of Yerevan in relation to Sanitek's investments in the waste management system of the city of Yerevan.
Representing Bateel in UAE and US court proceedings relating to a dispute involving franchises in Michigan and Texas. The breach of contract claim involved the franchisee's failure to comply with brand and store expansion requirements, against the backdrop of Covid-19.

Lawyers

Other key lawyers

Ben Williams; Adam Gray; Kateryna Frolova; Sophia Cafoor-Camps