King & Spalding LLP

King & Spalding‘s nascent Miami office has a primary focus on international arbitration and project finance. It has transferred senior practitioners to the city, hired senior practitioners and is building out its more junior ranks. As a global leader in international arbitration the firm has recognised the strategic importance of being present in Miami, with leading practitioner Harry Burnett now being based there, along with Craig Miles, who splits his time between Miami and Houston; both have represented Quanta Resources in a series of commercial, insurance and investment arbitrations, including a sizeable ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Peru under the Netherlands–Peru bilateral investment treaty. Admitted to practice in Brazil, New York and Washington DC, Érica Franzetti provides further senior firepower to the office’s standing in investor-state and commercial arbitration. The Miami team has played a key role in developing the firm’s record in M&A-related disputes, especially in Brazil, along with further growth in commercial arbitrations; the group is also at the forefront of investor-state arbitrations. On the project finance front, Fradyn Suárez and counsel Jessica Mendoza have lifted the firm’s position in the market; often working alongside colleagues in New York and Houston (among other offices), the two are established figures in transportation infrastructure and renewable energy financings, along with mining and resources, energy transition, LNG and telecoms infrastructure.