King & Spalding LLP

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King & Spalding LLP has been in the forefront of providing excellent legal services to its clients for over a century. Since it's establishment in 1885, the firm has had a tradition of attracting and developing many of this country's finest lawyers. Among them are Griffin B. Bell, former Attorney General of the United States, and numerous other lawyers who have held high-level positions in the federal and state governments. The partnership also includes two past presidents and an additional 14 members of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one past president of the American Health Lawyers Association and three past presidents of the National Association of Bond Lawyers. Today, from offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Dubai, Frankfurt, Houston, London, New York, Riyadh and Washington, D.C., the firm continues to provide the highest caliber legal counsel to clients from the United States and abroad. King & Spalding LLP currently represents more than 250 public companies, including over half of the Fortune 100 companies. The firm also represents hundreds of clients with new ventures and mid-sized companies in emerging industries. Long-standing client relationships are one of the surest barometers of a law firm's success in meeting its client's needs for legal services. King & Spalding LLP lawyers pride themselves on developing continuing client relationships that are productive, professional and collegial.

General Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Administrative and Governmental Agencies; Antitrust; Arbitration & Mediation; Bankruptcy & Creditors Rights; Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals; Capital Markets (Corporate Finance / Private Debt Finance / Structured Finance); Construction & Procurement; Cyberspace & Information Security; E-Commerce & Internet; Emerging Growth Companies); Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation; Energy Industries (Oil & Gas / Power); Environmental; Food, Drug & Medical Devices (Controlled Substances / Consumer Products Safety / FDA Practice / FTC Practice); Franchise & Distribution; Governmental Practice; Healthcare; Intellectual Property (Copyrights / Patents / Trademarks / Trade Secrets); International (German Practice / International Business / Islamic Finance & Investment / Latin American Practice/ Trade & Customs); International Energy; International Arbitration; International Business Law; Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances; Labor & Employment; Licensing; Contracting & Outsourcing; Litigation (Appellate / Class Action / Commercial Litigation / Corporate Espionage & Competitive Intelligence / Environmental Tort Practice / Product Liability / Shareholders & Securities Litigation); Maritime Law; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity & Investment Fund; Project & Equipment Finance; Public Finance; Real Estate; Special Matters & Government Investigations; Tax; Technology; Telecommunications; Trusts & Estates. (While every area within the Firm may not represented by lawyers resident in each of its offices - for example, the Firm's Food & Drug or Governmental lawyers are solely located in the Firm's Washington, D.C. office - lawyers throughout the entire Firm are nonetheless available to work and support relationships with Firm clients).

Supreme Court Holds Bankruptcy Code Transfer Tax Exemption Applicable Only to Postconfirmation Transfers
George B. South, Jason R. Wolf, July 18, 2008
On June 16, 2008, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion in Florida Department of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc. holding that the stamp-tax exemption of 11 U.S.C. § 1146(a) does not apply to transfers of assets made prior to confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan.

District Court Affirms That Principles of Comity Insufficient to Confer Chapter 15 Jurisdiction to Bear Stearns Hedge Funds
George B. South, Jason R. Wolf, June 30, 2008
In the recent case In re Bear Stearns High-Grade Structured Credit Strategies Master Fund, Ltd., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41456 (S.D.N.Y. May 27, 2008), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York affirmed a U.S. Bankruptcy Court ruling that two failed Bear Stearns Cos. hedge funds...

Officers and Directors Beware: Deepening Insolvency Recognized as Measure of Damages
George B. South, Stefanie Birbrower Greer, June 26, 2008
Slowly but surely the Delaware courts are providing some guidance on the proper application of the "deepening insolvency" concept. After the most recent decision, Miller v. McCown De Leeuw & Co. (In re The Brown Schools), No. 06-50861, 2008 Bankr. LEXIS 1226 (Bankr. D. Del. Apr....

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