Coca-Cola Co. general counsel and senior vice president Geoffrey J. Kelly advanced his company’s diversity agenda and strengthened ties with its longtime Atlanta law firm last week when he presented the company’s second Living the Values award to King & Spalding, highlighting a century-old relationship.

“We believe we will change fundamentally the behavior of law firms, and that’s very important to us,” Kelly said after hosting a celebration dinner for the company and the law firm at World of Coke last Thursday evening.