King & Spalding has appointed Lawrence Yanowitch, Thomas Knox, Charles Katz, and Jeremy Schropp as partners in its Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group.
The team focuses on mergers & acquisitions, emerging companies and venture capital and technology and outsourcing transactions, for a wide range of technology and aerospace, defence government services (ADG) companies and investors. The new team will continue to be based in Northern Virginia and will work closely with colleagues in the Washington DC metro area, New York, California and Atlanta.
“Larry, Tom, Charlie and Jeremy have one of the leading technology and ADG corporate practices on the East Coast,” says Robert D Hays, Jr, chairman of King & Spalding. “The arrival of this team continues the momentum we have built in the D.C. area especially in the national security arena and further demonstrates the firm’s commitment to expand our corporate practice.”
“Our focus as a firm and a practice group has been to continue to grow our corporate and technology practices, especially for private equity and public company M&A transactions,” says Todd Holleman, head of the firm’s CFI practice group based in New York City. “We expect the team to make a seamless transition to King & Spalding because they not only bring those capabilities but also have a client-centric, collaborative practice philosophy, which is a core value of our firm.”
“King & Spalding’s strategy, platform and growth trajectory of its corporate practice are what drew our team to the firm,” Yanowitch said. Knox added, “We look forward to working closely with our new colleagues, who have stellar reputations across a wide range of practices and industries.”
The partners are joining King & Spalding from Morrison & Foerster.
