Full-Time
Technology Contracts Attorney
King & Spalding
1,001-5,000 employees
International law firm serving global clients
Compensation Overview
$175k - $250k/yr
Washington, DC, USA + 1 more
More locations: Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from an American Bar Association-approved school or equivalent.
- Active license in good standing with a state bar.
- A minimum of three years of contract review and negotiation experience, preferably at a large law firm, professional services firm, or within a corporate procurement or legal team with similar responsibilities.
- Familiarity with generative artificial intelligence products and capabilities.
- Experience with records systems and Microsoft products, including Microsoft Word and Microsoft Teams.
- Knowledge of data privacy laws and regulations, including the General Data Protection Regulation, and written and oral negotiation experience with counterparties.
- Critical-thinking, problem-solving, communication, and writing skills for a variety of audiences.
- Interest and experience in enterprise technology, including evolving and innovative uses of technology for the benefit of clients, lawyers, and business professionals.
- Ability to organize and synthesize a wide array of information from internal and external sources.
- Flexibility, innovation, and prioritization skills to establish and meet business needs in an organized and timely manner.
- Comfort working among business departments and time zones, including with international business partners.
- Strong personal and professional ethical values, respectful demeanor, impeccable integrity, and the energy level and stamina required to meet the demands of the position.
- Develop and operate the firm’s technology procurement systems, processes, and controls.
- Lead legal review and negotiation for all firm contracts with technology aspects, with advice from the firm’s General Counsel.
- Lead communications and direct negotiations with counterparties and internal stakeholders.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance a contract lifecycle management tool for firm technology agreements, including managing an inventory of executed contracts with scheduled reviews and renewals.
- Establish standard playbooks and templates with preferred and acceptable contractual terms and conditions across categories of technology-related supplier agreements, including software, cloud services, technology consulting, and managed services.
- Develop standard requirements for firm suppliers through Outside Provider Guidelines covering prospective and current suppliers.
- Maintain awareness of major industry changes affecting technology agreements and developments in generative artificial intelligence.
- Scale procurement and contracting processes and the rigor of review according to the risk profile and tolerance of various services.
- Collaborate across the Office of General Counsel, Information Technology, Security, Procurement, and other firm Business Services departments to apply consistent standards and processes to the firm’s technology procurement.
- Extend methods beyond Business Services to situations where the firm contracts on behalf of a client by developing standard approaches and risk management techniques to manage risks.
- Lead the adoption of technology and artificial intelligence to streamline contracting processes and other areas of responsibility.
- Support the Technology & Innovation Committee, the firm’s central governance body for technological innovation, investment, and risk management.
- Work with the Committee Chair and members to contribute to agendas and develop materials supporting Committee objectives.
- Assist the Chief Information Officer in managing risks from duplicative services and technology acquisitions that may not strategically fit the enterprise.
King & Spalding is a large international law firm that represents a broad range of clients, including about half of the Fortune Global 100. It provides comprehensive legal counsel across multiple practice areas, coordinating teams across offices to handle transactions, disputes, and regulatory matters worldwide. Its long history, extensive global footprint, and focus on understanding each client's business and culture set it apart. Its goal is to deliver high-quality, trusted legal advice and practical outcomes for leading organizations around the world.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
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Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia
Founded
1884
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Reuters reported February 2, 2026, 13% 2025 revenue growth to $2.68 billion.
- London revenue hit $148 million in 2025, up 48%, after aggressive hiring.
- August 2026 additions from Proskauer, Kirkland, and Nixon Peabody accelerate specialty expansion.
What critics are saying
- White Oak sued King & Spalding on February 2, 2026, seeking $1 billion.
- A billion-dollar malpractice judgment could trigger insurance shock and client exits.
- Eight WilmerHale arbitration hires demand integration; failed assimilation weakens pricing and retention.
What makes King & Spalding unique
- August 2026 hires make King & Spalding a disputes-and-regulatory platform across continents.
- Gary Born, Steven Finizio, and Jonathan Lim deepen elite international arbitration coverage.
- Mandi Jacobson and Jonah Retzinger add Sydney and Los Angeles healthcare-regulatory credibility.
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King & Spalding taps Thomsons for life sciences partner. The firm has strengthened its life sciences, regulatory and litigation offerings with a new partner hire in Sydney. King & Spalding has hired regulatory and disputes lawyer Mandi Jacobson as a partner in its government matters and regulation practice group, effective 20 August. Jacobson joins King & Spalding's Sydney office - which launched in October 2025 and marked the firm's official entrance into the national market - following a brief year-long stint at Thomsons. With more than two decades' experience, Jacobson advises clients operating across the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, consumer products and medical devices sectors on various compliance, regulatory and contentious issues. Her work includes advising multinational companies on complex regulatory regimes and risk management across multiple jurisdictions, and representing them in litigation spanning regulatory enforcement actions, product liability disputes, class actions and coronial inquests. In a statement, Jacobson said King & Spalding was "a natural destination", pointing to the firm's "truly distinctive" Australian platform and focus on providing US and international clients "with the best on-the-ground lawyers for their most sophisticated legal issues". She further noted the firm's "direct access to market-leading regulatory, litigation and transactional capabilities across the world" and its "wider Asia-Pacific footprint and ever-growing international platform". Jacobson spent the first decade of her legal career at Clayton Utz and King & Wood Mallesons before joining Baker McKenzie in 2015. She later moved to Hogan Lovells (Hogan Lovells Cadwalader) before arriving at Thomson Geer (now Thomsons) in April 2025. King & Spalding's Sydney office managing partner commented: "Mandi's deep experience adds to our strength in covering complex regulatory investigations and commercial disputes for our multinational clients. In particular, Mandi's life sciences credentials build on our strategy of expanding our core areas of focus in the Sydney office, supplementing our technology, energy, disputes, life sciences and global human capital capabilities."
King & Spalding lands 10 fund finance lawyers from Proskauer The new round of hires furthers the law firm's ambitions in the space. 12 August 2026
Healthcare litigation partner Jonah Retzinger joins King & Spalding in Los Angeles. Tuesday, August 11, 2026 King & Spalding announced today that Jonah Retzinger has joined the firm as a partner on the Healthcare team in its Government Matters and Regulation practice group. He is based in the Los Angeles office and joins King & Spalding from Nixon Peabody, where he was a partner. Retzinger is a Chambers USA ranked healthcare litigator who represents providers, physician organizations, hospitals, health systems, healthcare technology companies and other healthcare stakeholders in complex litigation, government investigations, regulatory enforcement matters and related advisory work. His practice focuses on high-stakes healthcare reimbursement and managed care disputes, the No Surprises Act, and the False Claims Act. "Jonah's impressive national practice is a valuable addition to our healthcare platform and advances our continued investment in healthcare litigation, particularly in complex reimbursement disputes, provider-side healthcare litigation, False Claims Act matters, and healthcare regulatory enforcement," said Mark Polston, leader of King & Spalding's Healthcare team. "His experience at the intersection of healthcare litigation and regulation, combined with his entrepreneurial approach to identifying emerging market opportunities, aligns exceptionally well with our ability to serve providers navigating an increasingly challenging reimbursement and enforcement landscape." Retzinger earned his J.D. from Duke University School of Law and his B.B.A. from the College of William & Mary. "King & Spalding offers a premier platform for growing my provider-focused healthcare litigation and investigations practice," said Retzinger. "The firm's deep relationships across the healthcare industry, its outstanding litigation and regulatory capabilities, and its collaborative culture create tremendous opportunities to serve clients facing increasingly complex reimbursement, enforcement and compliance challenges." King & Spalding's healthcare team has added a total of nine partners since the summer of 2025, including Retzinger. Earlier this month, healthcare regulatory and investigations partner Troy Barsky joined the firm. In January, King & Spalding welcomed a five-partner Medicaid financing and managed care litigation team, which includes Rachel Gilbert, Cat Kirkland, Jim Gilliam and John Connell, and Renee Rayne. David Hoskins, former lead litigation counsel for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, joined in August 2025 and Rob DeConti, former Chief Counsel for the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, joined in June 2025. Analysis | Jobs | News
King & Spalding expands structured finance platform with addition of Jonathan Ching and Andrew Kummer in New York. Monday, August 10, 2026 King & Spalding announced today that structured finance partners Jonathan Ching and Andrew Kummer have joined the firm's Finance and Restructuring practice group. They are based in the New York office. Ching and Kummer join from McDermott Will & Schulte LLP and bring extensive experience advising financial institutions, investment managers, private credit funds, hedge funds, commodity companies and emerging technology businesses on sophisticated structured finance, derivatives, fund finance, commodities and digital asset transactions. "Jonathan and Andrew are outstanding lawyers whose experience aligns directly with several of our most important strategic growth priorities," said Carolyn Alford, co-leader of King & Spalding's Finance and Restructuring practice group. "Their arrival strengthens our market-leading structured finance platform in New York, expands our ability to serve both financial institution and corporate clients, and creates exciting opportunities for collaboration across our private credit, fund finance, insurance, energy, project finance, fintech and digital infrastructure practices. We are thrilled to welcome them to the firm." King & Spalding's Finance and Restructuring practice group has now added a total of 12 partners in 2026. In June and July, the Finance and Restructuring practice group expanded its fund finance platform with Ron Franklin, Andrew Bettwy, Jin Joo, and Gloria Kim. Earlier in June, Jarel Rosser, who advises on complex commercial real estate finance and structured lending matters, joined King & Spalding. In April, leveraged finance partners Jeff Cole and Brian Jansen joined the firm. In March, debt finance partner Matthew Kita joined the firm preceded by fund finance partner Chris Montgomery and leveraged finance partner Mae Rogers, who both joined in January. "King & Spalding provides the collaborative platform we were looking for to continue growing our practice and delivering creative solutions to clients," said Ching. "We were particularly attracted to the firm's growth trajectory, forward momentum and strong client relationships. We are excited to work with colleagues across the firm to help clients navigate increasingly sophisticated financing, derivatives and digital asset opportunities." King & Spalding's Finance and Restructuring practice group includes more than 150 lawyers across key financial centers worldwide. The firm advises leading financial institutions, private credit providers, asset managers, sponsors, corporations and investors on their most significant financing, restructuring and investment matters. Jonathan Ching Ching represents financial institutions, insurance companies, hedge funds, mutual funds, emerging companies, investment managers and commodities clients on highly complex structured finance, derivatives, commodity-linked finance and digital asset matters. His practice focuses on innovative and bespoke commodity finance transactions, including commodity-linked structured products, physical and financial commodity hedging, inventory monetization arrangements, prepay and offtake facilities, intermediation structures and energy market agreements. He also regularly advises clients on warehouse facilities, securitizations, fund finance transactions, subscription credit facilities, NAV facilities, hybrid financing arrangements, structured notes, OTC derivatives, capital relief trades, tokenization initiatives, blockchain infrastructure and cryptocurrency-related regulatory considerations. He is ranked by Chambers USA for Capital Markets: Structured Products and Derivatives. Prior to entering private practice, Ching held senior legal and transactional roles at Bear Stearns/JPMorgan and D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. He received his undergraduate degree, with honors, from the University of Southern California and his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law. Andrew Kummer Kummer focuses his practice on highly complex structured finance and derivatives transactions. He advises clients on asset-based lending, securitizations, trade receivables finance, receivables purchases and sales, forward flow arrangements, warehouse facilities, structured notes, bespoke capital markets instruments and hedging transactions. His experience also includes physical and financial commodity transactions, inventory financing and monetization arrangements, intermediation structures and energy market agreements. He received his undergraduate degree from Bucknell University and his J.D., cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School. Analysis | Jobs | News
Technology & IP transactions partner Adam Petravicius joins King & Spalding in Chicago. CHICAGO, August 5, 2026 - King & Spalding announced today that Adam Petravicius has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate practice group. He is based in the Chicago office. Petravicius advises clients on the intellectual property and commercial aspects of complex, technology-driven transactions. His practice spans strategic commercial agreements, licensing and collaboration arrangements, technology acquisitions and divestitures, strategic alliances, and joint ventures. He regularly works with corporate and private equity teams on intellectual property support for large-scale mergers and acquisitions and high-value transactions. He has significant experience across a range of industries, including software and information technology, life sciences and pharmaceuticals, consumer products, manufacturing, chemicals, automotive and clean technology. "Adam is a highly regarded transactional IP lawyer whose experience and leadership will be critical as we continue to invest in and expand our IP transactional capabilities," said Keith Townsend, co-leader of King & Spalding's Corporate practice group. "He brings a strong track record of advising on sophisticated technology-driven transactions and building high-performing teams, and his arrival positions us to meet growing client demand while further strengthening our corporate and private equity offerings." Petravicius joins King & Spalding from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner. He earned his B.S.E.E. from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. "King & Spalding offers a compelling platform to grow and further develop a leading IP transactions practice," said Petravicius. "I was drawn to the firm's collaborative culture and clear commitment to investing in this area. I am excited to help build the team in Chicago and to work alongside colleagues across the firm to support clients on their most complex and strategic transactions." Petravicius is the fourth partner to join King & Spalding's Chicago office in 2026. In June, complex commercial and IP litigators Saranya Raghavan and Brian Nisbet joined, and first-chair trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor Tinos Diamantatos joined in February. About King & Spalding King & Spalding is an international law firm that represents a broad array of clients, including half of the Fortune Global 100, with more than 1,300 lawyers in 26 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. The firm has handled matters in over 160 countries on six continents and is consistently recognized for the results it obtains, its uncompromising commitment to quality, and its dedication to understanding the business and culture of its clients. Media Contact Timothy Vaughn [email protected] +1 212 827 4032