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.

Other key lawyers

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