backATLANTA, June 30, 2025 – King & Spalding announced today that Colby Jenkins has joined the firm as a partner in its Real Estate and Funds practice group. He is based in the firm’s Atlanta office.
Jenkins counsels clients on structuring, offering, and operating U.S. and offshore open-end, closed-end, and semi-liquid private investment funds and advises on related U.S. regulatory and compliance matters. He represents established and emerging fund sponsors and institutional, family office, and individual investors focused on a wide variety of investment sectors, ranging from traditional private equity investments to public market investments to investments in emerging alternative asset classes.
“Colby brings to our team a diverse investment funds background that grows the range of our fund formation offering and gives us greater scale across industries, sectors and geographies,” said Jennifer Morgan, co-leader of the firm’s Real Estate and Funds practice group. “Colby’s combination of impeccable legal and client-relations skills with his drive to grow and build make him an excellent addition to our practice.”
Jenkins joins King & Spalding from Alston & Bird, where he was a partner. He received his J.D. from The University of Chicago Law School, his M.B.A from Yale University, and his B.A. from Duke University.
“King & Spalding has the deep bench and extensive global platform I need to expand how I can serve my clients’ fund formation and international compliance needs,” said Jenkins. “I’m looking forward to the opportunities for collaboration and cross-selling the firm’s platform provides and being part of the ongoing growth of this top-tier team.”
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