King & Spalding added structured finance partners Jonathan Ching and Andrew Kummer to its finance and restructuring practice group. They are based in the New York office.
Ching and Kummer join from McDermott Will & Schulte 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,” Carolyn Alford, co-leader of King & Spalding’s finance and restructuring practice group, said. “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.”
Ching said, “King & Spalding provides the collaborative platform we were looking for to continue growing our practice and delivering creative solutions to clients. 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.”
Jonathan 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 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.
