Former Partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP, Amit Kataria has quit to join King & Spalding as a Partner in the firm's Corporate, Finance & Investments (CFI) practice group at its London and New York offices.

Kataria is a 2004 graduate of Delhi University and earned his LL.M. from Columbia Law School in 2007.

With over 15 years of experience, Kataria began his career at Debevoise & Plimpton. He went on to work with Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as a registered foreign lawyer for over 3 years. He was with Morrison & Foerster for over 7 years, initially as an Of Counsel, and later as a Partner.

Kataria has extensive international transactional experience, advising on M&A, private equity investments, securities offerings and a broad range of transactional and corporate advisory matters spanning the United States, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia and Europe.

Commenting on Amit Kataria's joining, head of the firm’s CFI practice Todd Holleman said,

“Amit has a robust international practice that fits squarely within our strategy to ramp-up our European transactional practice so that it helps drive opportunities across our global platform.

To that end, Amit also has significant experience in key Asian and Middle Eastern markets and very strong ties to the US, including being a US-qualified lawyer. He will be a critical link for our transactional capabilities internationally, and in particular for our transatlantic private equity work and our efforts in the technology space."

On his joining the firm, Kataria said,

"I am joining King & Spalding at a very exciting time for the firm, as it continues its momentum in the European transactional market and expands its global platform. I am looking forward to bringing my experience with complex cross-border transactions to the firm and collaborating with my colleagues to help further drive this growth."

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