HSF public international law head to boost Boies Schiller City practice following Miles exit Legal Business US litigation specialist Boies, Schiller & Flexner has hired Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) head of public international law Dominic Roughton.
Making history: HSF, White & Case and Pinsents advise on the first new UK clearing bank in 250 years Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), White & Case and Pinsent Masons have picked up mandates advising on the establishment of the…
Court documents revealed: Inside HSF’s battle with White & Case bound partners as judgment looms Legal Business As judgment is expected tomorrow in a court battle between a group of Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) partners and their…
Trainee retention: HSF and Hogan Lovells post rates as Macfarlanes joins top of the class at 100% Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has posted a spring trainee retention rate of 77%, compared to a rate of 94% this…
Slaughters makes surprise pensions play with first ever London lateral hire Legal Business Slaughter and May announced today (17 February) that it has hired Herbert Smith Freehills‘ head of pensions Dan Schaffer, in…
Comment: HSF – At least one Down Under revolution worked Legal Business As Barclays sifts through the wreckage of King & Wood Mallesons‘ European practice and claims of fresh departures swirl around…
Taking action: HSF sues partners who quit to launch White & Case in Australia Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is suing eight partners who quit to join White & Case, filing a lawsuit at the…
In flux: Herbert Smith Freehills cites forex impact as accounts slice £38m off the top line Legal Business With complex structures and global operations, it has become increasingly difficult to benchmark financial performance of major law firms… which…
A different Middle East playbook: Dentons launches in Jeddah as CC and HSF pull out of Qatar Georgiana Tudor Dentons has announced today (7 February) it is to launch in Jeddah at the same time as Clifford Chance and…
Taking over – one leader at HSF but is the culture clash over? Alex Novarese Five years since the turbulent union of Herbert Smith and Freehills, the global challenger has chosen Mark Rigotti as its…
HSF – At least one Down Under revolution worked Alex Novarese As Barclays sifts through the wreckage of King & Wood Mallesons’ European practice and claims of fresh departures swirl around…
Quinn, Freshfields and HSF in drivers’ seat for firms defending truck cartel claims Legal Business Partners at a raft of firms including Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are gearing up for…
Licence to operate: HSF latest to enter Kuala Lumpur as market liberalises Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) announced today (13 January) it will open in Kuala Lumpur as part of its South East…
Freshfields, HSF and Skadden heavyweights among 113 new QCs in latest record round Legal Business Senior disputes partners from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), King & Spalding and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &…
Latham acts for Baxter on latest pharma acquisition as HSF picks up new client Claris Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Latham & Watkins won lead roles on Baxter International’s acquisition of Claris Injectables for $625m,…
Latham continues City hiring spree with HSF energy head Balsdon Legal Business Latham & Watkins announced today (13 December) that it has hired Herbert Smith Freehills’s (HSF) global energy co-head John Balsdon,…
A&O and HSF take lead roles as 21st Century Fox tunes in on anticipated Sky takeover Georgiana Tudor Allen & Overy (A&O) and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) are lead advisers in 21st Century Fox’s takeover bid for Sky,…
Slater and Gordon, Eversheds and HSF take roles on Jay inquiry into child sexual abuse Legal Business Slater and Gordon, Eversheds, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), Kingsley Napley, BLM, Hill Dickinson, Farrer & Co and Weightmans are all…
Another exit for Herbert Smith Freehills as Stewarts Law takes advocacy head Gatt QC Legal Business Stewarts Law has recruited veteran litigator Ian Gatt QC from Herbert Smith Freehills‘ (HSF) prized advocacy unit. The exit is…
Herbert Smith Freehills and Cravath act as BAT lights up $47bn Reynolds takeover Georgiana Tudor Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Cravath, Swaine & Moore are advising British American Tobacco (BAT) on its offer to acquire…
