›Summary
King & Spalding is mapped by Sartori across 24 offices in 11 countries (Global footprint), headquartered in Atlanta. Headcount band: 1,000–1,500 attorneys. Strongest mapped practices: Litigation & Disputes, Corporate & M&A, Finance & Banking. It appears in 6 Ranking Atlas pages. Profile compiled from public facts, last verified 22 Jul 2026.
01 — Public record
Facts on file
Compiled from public sources. Figures are shown as bands where exact counts are not published; nothing here is provided by the firm.
Website
Largest mapped office
Atlanta, US
Professionals
1,000–1,500 attorneys banded
Countries covered
11 via 24 offices
Office footprint — mapped metros
24 offices · 11 countriesPrincipal practices
Bold chips mark the firm’s deepest mapped practices (major or strong).
Seniority mix — banded, fee earners
≈600 partners · 175 counsel · 700+ associates
Mapped from public bios and firm pages; exact counts are not published, so figures are shown as approximate bands.
Sartori Firm Index — footprint (a different lens from the Atlas tiers)
Global · coverage 3 of 350.5
Composite SFI
SFI sub-index · banded
80.1
Scale
SFI sub-index · banded
34.4
Reach
SFI sub-index · banded
8.3
Hiring
SFI sub-index · banded
The Sartori Firm Index measures footprint and momentum (scale · reach · hiring), not practice quality. It never assigns an Atlas tier, and the Atlas never reuses this number — the two lenses are deliberately separate.
02 — Where this firm is ranked
Ranking Atlas & Firm Index
No composite firm score is published. Atlas tiers are assigned per market or practice from public footprint and evidence; the Firm Index leaderboards are a separate footprint lens.
9 listings · Atlas tiers apply only within their own market or practice
| Listing | Type | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best law firms in Austin | Atlas ranking | Established | → |
| Best law firms in Texas | Atlas ranking | Established | → |
| Best law firms in Houston | Atlas ranking | Established | → |
| Best law firms in Tokyo | Atlas ranking | Notable in this field | → |
| Best law firms in Washington | Atlas ranking | Established | → |
| Best law firms in Atlanta | Atlas ranking | Market leaders | → |
| Sartori Firm Index — overall | SFI leaderboard | — | → |
| Sartori Firm Index — United States | SFI leaderboard | — | → |
| Sartori Firm Index — hiring now | SFI leaderboard | — | → |
03 — Sources & verification Last verified 22 Jul 2026 · next review by 22 Aug 2026 · change log
Public sources
- 1 Offices - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 2 Atlanta - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 3 Offices - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 4 New York - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 5 Offices - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 6 Offices - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 7 London - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 8 Offices - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 9 Houston - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 10 Offices - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 11 Offices - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 12 Offices - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 13 Dallas - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 14 Offices - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 15 Austin - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 16 Offices - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 17 Paris - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 18 Offices - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 19 San Francisco - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 20 Offices - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 21 Atlanta - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 22 New York - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 23 London - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 24 Houston - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 25 Los Angeles - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 26 Chicago - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 27 Dallas - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 28 Austin - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 29 Paris - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 30 San Francisco - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 31 King & Spalding Advises Weatherford International on the Acquisition of NCS Multistage - King & Spaldingfirm_website · 2026-07-21
Know the limits of this data
- —Figures are bands, not audited counts; public sources lag reality by weeks or months.
- —Atlas tiers are Sartori’s independent editorial opinion — not the firm’s claim, and not a client-satisfaction measure.
- —No firm-level numeric score exists; Atlas tiers apply only within their own market or practice.
- —No third-party legal-directory band is used as an input.
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