King & Spalding

The firm: Celebrating more than 130 years of service, King & Spalding is an international law firm that represents a broad array of clients, including half of the Fortune Global 100, with 1,200 lawyers in 23 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm also represents hundreds of clients with new ventures and mid–sized companies in emerging industries.

The firm has handled matters in over 160 countries on six continents and is consistently recognised for the results it obtains, its uncompromising commitment to quality and its dedication to understanding the business and culture of its clients.

Opened in 2015 and located in the heart of Japan’s premier business district, King & Spalding’s Tokyo office was the firm’s 18th overall. Its lawyers in Tokyo advise Japanese and Korean companies and financial institutions across a broad range of complex infrastructure, energy and natural resources matters around the world. The office is active on matters and projects throughout Asia, North and South America, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.

Areas of practice: King & Spalding’s Tokyo office consists of a core team of partners who are well-known in the Japanese and Asia Pacific market. They have more than two decades’ experience representing major Japanese and Korean participants in the energy and resources sector, including export credit agencies and financial institutions, as well as some of the region’s largest trading houses, power and gas utility companies, and other blue-chip project sponsors and participants. They also have extensive experience advising and supporting clients in the resolution of disputes, with particular expertise in energy and resources, infrastructure, transport and trade, and IP disputes.

Energy and resources: LNG (liquefaction and regasification terminals and shipping), FLNG, FSRU, FPSO and gas pipelines, petrochemicals, upstream oil and gas, power generation facilities, and mining.

Infrastructure development: rail, road, air, and seaport terminals.

Dispute resolution: investor-state and complex commercial arbitration, strategic management of foreign national court litigation, governmental investigations, the design of corporate compliance programmes, sanctions advice, and other contentious regulatory matters.

Finance: project finance, asset finance, ECA finance, and ship finance.

Corporate: M&A, private investment funds, and joint ventures.