Herbert Smith Freehills’ heavyweight misses out on management post after elections Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF) partnership vote for its global partnership council has revealed the firm’s post-merger dynamics, with prominent corporate…
Revolving doors: HSF appoints Singapore head, while Kirkland and Hogan swap partners in Hong Kong Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) announced its management successor in Singapore, while Kirkland and Ellis, and Hogan Lovells made partner exchanges…
Clifford Chance takes HSF partner in bid to boost its capital markets practice in Paris Legal Business Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has hired longstanding Herbert Smith Freehills’ partner Alex Bafi, one of London’s high-profile US securities…
Slaughters and HSF lead as BHP Billiton undergoes major demerger Legal Business Slaughter and May corporate partners Richard de Carle and Susannah Macknay are spearheading a demerger at mining giant BHP Billiton,…
Trainee Retention: Clifford Chance and Herbert Smith Freehills reveal retention rates Legal Business Following a spate of healthy trainee retention rates in recent weeks, magic circle firm Clifford Chance (CC) and international firm…
HSF snatches Freshfields former energy co-head Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills has landed a blow on Magic Circle firm Freshfields with the hire of the firm’s former co-head of energy…
Slaughters and Links lead on £3bn Carillion/Balfour talks; HSF and A&O advise on BSkyB’s £7.4bn European acquisitions Tom Moore Construction group Carillion has instructed Slaughter and May’s corporate heavy hitter William Underhill and fellow corporate partner Kathy Hughes to…
Deal Watch: Freshfields and HSF lead on Liberty Global’s £481m acquisition of stake in ITV Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s London managing partner Julian Long has advised Liberty Global on the US media group’s £481m purchase of BSkyB’s…
Dealwatch: HSF and Slaughters UK advisers on AbbVie’s $51bn bid for Shire Tom Moore Herbert Smith Freehills‘ corporate partners James Palmer and Gillian Fairfield have taken the UK lead on US drugmaker AbbVie’s proposed…
Herbert Smith Freehills launches German competition practice with hire of Taylor Wessing head Michael Dietrich Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has moved one step closer to offering clients a full service out of its still fledgling German…
Financial results 2013/14: Herbert Smith Freehills’ first full financial results post merger show revenue of £800m and £741k PEP Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF’s) first full financial results post merger has seen it unveil revenues of £800m and profit per…
Herbert Smith Freehills boosts US investigations with hire of former assistant attorney and SEC chief John O’Donnell Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF’s) Manhattan office has capitalised on the US revolving door with the hire of John O’Donnell, a former…
HSF shakes off post-merger politics in favour of sole global corporate head as Ferraro takes over Legal Business Setting aside the notoriously difficult post-merger politics of selecting one partner to run a core practice area, Herbert Smith Freehills…
Partner promotions: even split across Australia and London as HSF promotes 23 David Stevenson Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) today announced that it has promoted 23 of its lawyers to the firm’s partnership. The promotions…
Herbert Smith Freehills shakes off post-merger politics in favour of sole global corporate head as Ferraro takes over Legal Business Setting aside the notoriously difficult post-merger politics of selecting one partner to run a core practice area, Herbert Smith Freehills today…
‘There’s no-one of the scale to rival us’ – HSF’s new litigation head talks strategy Legal Business Justin D’Agostino has taken over as global head of dispute resolution at commercial litigation heavyweight Herbert Smith Freehills. Here the…
Q&A with HSF’s new global head of disputes Justin D’Agostino Legal Business Justin D’Agostino has taken over as global head of dispute resolution at commercial litigation heavyweight Herbert Smith Freehills. Here the…
IPO Fever: Just Eat float gifts Herbert Smith Freehills and Linklaters with £700m listing Sarah Downey With Pets at Home and Poundland having only days ago made their London Stock Exchange debut, Just Eat yesterday (17…
Diversity – Herbert Smith Freehills commits to 30% female partners by 2019 Legal Business Set against a backdrop of initiatives including the 30% Club’s drive to improve senior female representation on UK boards, Herbert…
Asia: Herbert Smith rethinks Singapore; EY targets major Asia expansion; CC leads $1.93bn South Korea deal for Carlyle David Stevenson The most notable headlines to emerge from Asia this week include Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) deciding not to renew its…
