M&A/corporate and commercial
Cementing its status as a market-leader, King & Spalding LLP provides ‘highly tailored advice’ to public and private companies and private equity firms, primarily pertaining to joint ventures, tender offers and proxy contests, and acquisitions and divestitures of public and private companies. The M&A department’s leadership trio comprises New York-based Jonathan Melmed, who handles global M&A, SPACs, and strategic corporate deals, and Atlanta-based duo Rahul Patel and Keith Townsend, who are proficient in business combinations and public and private M&A, respectively. New York lawyer Enrico Granata handles negotiated and contested M&A and restructurings, while Silicon Valley-based Joseph Halloum concentrates on leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, and corporate governance. In Houston, the ’highly attuned’ Jonathan Newton offers guidance on securities offerings and strategic initiatives, while Atlanta-based Robert Leclerc assists private companies on complex M&A and fiduciary duty considerations.
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Partner
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Rahul Patel focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic corporate transactions. He is co-chair of the firm’s Global Private Equity/M&A practice and has served two terms on our firm’s Policy Committee, the firm’s governing and management group. He has been at the firm for over twenty-five years.
Rahul represents leading companies and private equity funds such as ACON Investments, Cox Enterprises, EVE Partners, General Electric, General Motors, The Home Depot, H.I.G. Capital, Kemira Chemicals, Mahindra & Mahindra, Oxford Industries, Roper Technologies, SK Capital, Truist Banks, T.V. Asia and UPS in a broad range of merger and acquisition, joint venture, and other control and non-control transactions. A significant portion of Rahul’s corporate work focuses on cross-border transactions.
Mr. Patel is the Vice Chair of the University of Florida Board of Trustees and chaired the search committee to select the 13th President of the University of Florida. Rahul also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Crawford & Company (NYSE) and The Westminster Schools.
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‘Rahul Patel has a "whatever it takes" commitment to client service. The compounded effect of many small things done consistently well over a long period of time has made him indispensable to our company.'
‘The firm truly understands our company and sector. Their deep client insight, combined with functional expertise, allows them to provide highly tailored advice. Collaboration across departments and offices is seamless, making it feel like working with one cohesive team, even when attorneys are in different locations or countries.’
‘Jonathan Newton - he is key to making the firm's engagement across locations and countries feel seamless. He consistently brings in the right experts at the right time, ensuring everyone is well-briefed and prepared to support. Highly attuned to the market.'
Key clients
- Cox Enterprises, Inc. Drone Racing League, Inc. The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) SK Capital Partners IQVentures Holdings, LLC United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) Mainline information Systems, Inc. Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. (NYSE: KGS) Sharecare, Inc. (NASDAQ: SHCR) USA Rare Earth, LLC Equistar Chemicals, LP. / LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR) Magnera Corporation (f/k/a Glatfelter Corporation) (NYSE: MAGN) NCR Voyix Corporation (NYSE: VYX) White Energy Holdings, LLC Almaviva H.I.G. Capital One Investment Management Quantum Capital Group ServiceNow, Inc.
Work highlights
Advised Cox Enterprises in its acquisition of OpenGov.