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…
Regulatory coup: Herbert Smith Freehills hires Deutsche Bank’s global head of compliance David Stevenson In a major regulatory hire for Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), the top 10 LB100 firm has hired Deutsche Bank’s global…
LB100 firms review partnership model as HMRC’s LLP changes loom Sarah Downey The impact of HM Revenue & Customs’ decision to overhaul the way salaried partners are taxed is being felt across the…
LB100 firms review partnership model as HMRC’s LLP changes loom Sarah Downey The impact of HM Revenue & Customs’ decision to overhaul the way salaried partners are taxed is being felt across…
Life During Law: James Palmer Legal Business I don’t believe people that do well have an unerring right to succeed and it’s entirely down to their own…
The end of the pipeline: Herbert Smith Freehills and Simmons advise AO on float to attain $1bn market cap Legal Business A healthy pipeline of London Stock Exchange listings has seen Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) advise online appliances website AO on…
Growth in Germany for HSF as it launches disputes practice in Frankfurt Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) today (3 February) took a further step towards building up its German capability following the collapse of…
LLP latest – Herbert Smith Freehills sees its overdraft rise by 140% as borrowing totals £111m David Stevenson Significantly increased debt has been a recurring theme for many of the latest limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts filed at…
All grown up – HSF’s Belfast volume disputes centre pilots post-merger Australian litigation Legal Business When legacy Herbert Smith set up its volume disputes support centre in Belfast in 2011 it was, despite or perhaps because…
Dealwatch: HSF, Clifford Chance and Slaughters take the spotlight in Cineworld expansion Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has landed a role advising Barclays, JP Morgan and Investec on Cineworld Group‘s £107m rights issue…
Herbert Smith Freehills announces hire of Maitland Chambers Tom Leech QC as Murray Rosen QC retires Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills has today (9 January) announced the hire of Tom Leech QC, who has left Maitland Chambers to…
Revolving doors: HSF loses Perth mining head to Australian rival David Stevenson Having completed a crucial overhaul of its management and remuneration structures towards the end of 2013, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) would have hoped…
Leadership: Herbert Smith Freehills unveils new joint CEOs David Stevenson After much speculation, Herbert Smith Freehills announced today that it has appointed Sonya Leydecker (pictured) and Mark Rigotti as joint…
Revolving doors: Debevoise picks up second experienced HSF litigator David Stevenson US firm Debevoise & Plimpton has announced that Tony Dymond, former co-head of Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) Seoul office, will…
A carve-out before Christmas – HSF agrees compromise to (largely) unite post-merger partner pay David Stevenson It was a long time coming but Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has finally agreed a compromise to unite equity partner…
Revolving doors: Strategic growth for Mishcon, Hill Dickinson, Herbert Smith Freehills, Orrick Rambaud and Addleshaw Goddard Legal Business Mishcon de Reya this week (25 November) announced that it is to completely restructure its tax offering, consolidating its real…
HSF fallout continues as two Freehills partners quit firm in Singapore David Stevenson The fallout from last year’s combination of Herbert Smith and Australia’s Freehills continues to rumble on, with news that HSF‘s…
Learning to live together – HSF strives to thrash out compromise on partner pay as key vote looms Legal Business It often seems getting a deal agreed is the hardest part – as in the case of Herbert Smith, which…
