Private Equity
King & Spalding’s Private Equity practice is wellversed in fund formation, mergers and acquisitions,acquisition finance, compliance issues, securities
offerings, tax, and other related issues. We advise
clients on transactions in the U.S. and throughout theworld, including Europe, Asia, Africa, South America
and the Middle East. We also offer deep industry
experience in industry sectors such as energy,
healthcare, life sciences, real estate and technology.
Our Private Equity team helps clients execute theinvestment, M&A and financing transactions that areintegral to private equity investment and exit strategies.
We have led hundreds of such transactions, ranging insize from less than $25 million to more than $25 billion.
We work across all industry sectors, with particularconcentration in:transactional and regulatory work in energy
markets — domestic and international;
U.S. healthcare companies involved in thedelivery of healthcare and payment for healthcare
services, as well as pharmaceutical, biotech andmedical device companies;
private real estate investment funds; andtransactional and regulatory work in thetechnology sector.
Our Private Equity lawyers are experienced in organizing
private investment funds and fund managementcompanies. We have complementary depth in separately
advising portfolio company management on its participationin buyouts and other private equity investments by funds.
Our employee benefits and tax lawyers also help portfolio
company managers achieve their equity incentive andcompensation objectives over the life of a fund’sinvestment.
Our fund, geographical and investment cycle footprint isinclusive. We advise buyout funds, real estate funds,
sovereign wealth funds, venture capital funds, and otheralternative investment vehicles and other private equity

Capability
Lawyers
Jonathan M.A. Melmed
New York

Rahul Patel
Atlanta

Recognition
Among the top ranked lawfirms in M&A/Corporate And
Commercial: Private Equity
Buyouts and Investment
Funds: Private Equity Funds(including venture capital)
LEGAL 500 US 2024

King & Spalding earned a
Top 20 ranking for Global
Private Equity by volume
BLOOMBERG

Ranked as one of the mostactive law firms in the U.S.
representing generalpartners or limited partners
THE PRIVATE EQUITYANALYST‘Excellent quality talent onthe team. Focused on theright issues and aligned withclients on what those are.’LEGAL 500 US (2024)

investors doing business in the North American, Latin
American, European, Middle Eastern, Russian and Asianmarkets.

Listed among top Private
Equity and M&A law firms
worldwide

Throughout the investment cycle, we assist them inconnection with their control and minority investments,including:

IFLR (2020-2022)

initial acquisitions;divestitures;
add-on acquisitions;financings; andexit transactions, including dispositions, IPOs andcomplex recapitalizations.

Named one of the top law
firms in the U.S. and in thegreater Atlanta area forleveraged Buyouts andPrivate Equity Law
U.S. NEWS & WORLDREPORT “BEST LAW FIRM”(2020-2022)

Cases & Deals
September 24, 2024
King & Spalding Advises Macquarie Asset Management inIts Agreement to Invest up to $US1.725 billion in D. E.
Shaw Renewable Investments (“DESRI”)
August 22, 2024
King & Spalding advises EGA on Majority Stake
Acquisition in U.S.-based Spectro Alloys
August 6, 2024
NCR Voyix to Sell Its Digital Banking Business to Veritas
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Insights
CLIENT ALERTSeptember 9, 2024
FinCEN Issues Final Rule Expanding Anti-Money
Laundering/ Countering the Financing of Terrorism
Requirements for Investment Advisers
NEWSLETTER
July 31, 2024
Lender Liability Quarterly – July 2024
ARTICLE
July 5, 2024
First-Of-Its-Kind Chancery Ruling Will Aid SPAC
Defendants
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EventsSPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
October 10, 2024
Tom Hawk and Gardner Armsby to Speak at The
American Association of Medical Colleges’ AnnualCompliance Officer Forum
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT

Respected for work across arange of practices including
life sciences, technology andenergy
CHAMBERS USA

Recognized as Law Firm ofthe Year and Private Equity
Firm of the Year
ISLAMIC FINANCE NEWS’IFN LAW AWARDS (20172021)

Included in top rankings forCorporate/M&A and Venture
Capital Investments
CHAMBERS USASeptember 20, 2024
Tom Hawk to Speak at Samford University Cumberland
School of Law’s annual healthcare CLE
CONFERENCE
September 17, 2024
Healthcare Deal Summit
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IN THE NEWS
October 1, 2024
Financial services regulatory and compliance partner
Costa Burkov joins the firm’s Corporate practice group inLondon
PRESS RELEASE
September 30, 2024
King & Spalding Adds Financial Services Regulatory andCompliance Partner Costa Burkov in London
IN THE NEWS
September 24, 2024
Jonathan Melmed, Aaron Hullman and Amit Kataria
advise Macquarie Asset Management on its agreement toinvest up to $1.725B in D. E. Shaw Renewable
Investments. K&S is named a Law360 Legal Lion Of The
Week for the transaction.
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