Bio

Justin King specializes in representing public and private companies, including private equity firms and their portfolio companies, with respect to mergers and acquisitions, governance matters, restructurings and other significant transactions. Justin is a member of King & Spalding's Public Company, Private Equity, and Technology Industry Teams, and Co-Leader of the Firm's FinTech group. Justin's M&A and corporate transaction experience includes public company acquisitions and sales, leveraged buyouts, add-on transactions, joint ventures, tender offers, corporate reorganizations, strategic and growth-stage investments and corporate governance matters. Justin's work crosses a broad range of industries and geographies and includes numerous transactions in the following sectors: payments, sports, healthcare and life sciences, software, retail (including e-commerce), semiconductor, food & beverage, building products, technology and entertainment. Justin's international transaction experience spans Mexico, Canada, Central and South America, Asia, Europe and Australia. In the sports industry, Justin has significant experience representing professional sports franchises regarding stadium development, sponsorship matters and general corporate transactions. Sports franchise clients include the Atlanta Falcons, a National Football League team, and the Atlanta United Football Club, a Major League Soccer team. Justin represented the Atlanta Host Committee for the 2019 Super Bowl and currently represents the Atlanta Host Committee in connection with its 2026 World Cup bid. Justin has been recognized as a Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star, and by The Daily Report as one of the Top 30 Lawyers Under 40 in Georgia. Justin leads the Atlanta office's transactional pro bono efforts. He has worked with numerous Atlanta-based pro bono organizations, including New American Pathways (former member of the board and chair of governance committee), Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta, and Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network.