King & Spalding is an Atlanta, Georgia-based full services international law firm. Founded in 1885, the firm's practices areas include mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint venture, bankruptcy, corporate governance, financial restructuring, public finance, asset management, and private funds, political law, public policy, defamation, patents, antitrust, borrower and sponsor finance services. King & Spalding caters to energy, natural resources, construction, tax, retail, restaurants, private equity and investment funds, real estate, government, healthcare and insurance sectors.