King & Spalding Adds to Private Equity, Energy Infrastructure Footprint

King & Spalding is expanding its presence in New York and Washington. It’s adding eight private equity lawyers, including Jonathan Melmed, a private equity lawyer in the energy sector who will deepen the firm’s energy bench.

King & Spalding has been growing rapidly this year, adding 11 partners and 11 counsel in its New York office since January. It has more than 1,000 lawyers in 20 offices in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

This most recent group comes largely from Morrison & Foerster. Melmed was formerly co-chair of the private equity practice at MoFo. At King & ...