Biglaw firms are continuing to expand their offerings all over the world, and at least one top firm is busy taking care of expansion in the Middle East.
Earlier this week, King & Spalding — a firm that brought in $2,137,941,000 gross revenue in 2023, putting it at No. 17 on the most recent Am Law 100 ranking — announced that it had acquired Saudi Arabian law firm Al Fahad & Partners in Riyadh. The merged firm will operate under the name King & Spalding Al Fahad. The Global Legal Post has additional details on the tie-up:
The combination brings the US firm 17 mostly fee earners in Riyadh, including Al Fahad & Partners’ founder and managing partner, Abdulaziz Al Fahad, and three other partners: Fahad Alarfaj, Ibrahim Alkhudair and English-qualified lawyer Phil Loynes.
Alarfaj has been named managing partner of the combined office, while Al Fahad will serve as chairman of King & Spalding’s Saudi Arabia practice.
K&S chairman Robert Hays said the combination would give clients a “differentiated offering,” while Al Fahad said that merging with the larger U.S.-based firm was a “perfect fit.”
Congratulations to King & Spalding on its latest business acquisition in Saudi Arabia.
King & Spalding merges with Saudi firm [Global Legal Post]
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