NEW YORK, Feb. 26 -- King and Spalding, a law firm, issued the following news release:

King & Spalding announced that Javier Rubinstein, Lauren Friedman, and Lucila Hemmingsen have joined the firm as partners in its International Arbitration practice. Rubinstein will be based in the firm's Chicago office and Friedman and Hemmingsen in the firm's New York office. The team will focus on expanding the firm's commercial and investor-state work in Latin America and Europe.