Herbert Smith Freehills: Are UK disputes heading for the Brexit? Legal Business Alan Watts Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills [email protected] Well, we are where we are. ‘Brexit means Brexit’. The legal profession, in…
Jones Day pulls off significant Middle East coup with hire of HSF heavyweight Khan Matthew Field Jones Day has hired Herbert Smith Freehills’ Middle East finance head Nadim Khan, who joined the firm to launch its…
Australian ambitions: HSF opens alternative legal services hub in Melbourne Kathryn McCann After becoming the first Western firm to open an alternative legal services (ALT) hub in China, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF)…
Herbert Smith Freehills sues client San Leon over £500k legal bill Legal Business Often considered a risky move for a law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has successfully sued longstanding client San Leon…
The new risk front for GCs – nearly half of contracts have human rights clauses, LB research finds Legal Business When John Ruggie began his mandate as chief architect of the UN Global Compact in 2000, fewer than 100 of…
Soft law, hard sanctions – Human rights laws and the next risk front facing business Legal Business With human rights issues entering the mainstream of business practice, we teamed up with Herbert Smith Freehills to assess how…
White & Case pulls off £20m team hire with HSF Asia project finance group Legal Business US firm White & Case has landed a 10-partner project finance team from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), led by the…
Shanghai savings: HSF first Western firm to open alternative legal services hub in China Legal Business With international law firms intent on carving up pricey mandates so that chunks can be processed more mechanically by cheaper…
HSF appoints Freshfields’ co-head of power and utilities as it ramps up German push Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has landed M&A partner Christoph Nawroth from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Dusseldorf.
HSF delivers best post-merger revenue performance yet with revenues up 7% to £870m Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has put in its strongest financial performance since its creation in 2012 through the merger of…
HSF enters pay war with newly-qualified base salaries above Linklaters and Slaughters Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills has significantly bumped up pay packets, awarding its associates with a base salary of £82,000, up £13,000…
Guest post from Herbert Smith Freehills – Brexit: After the vote Legal Business The ‘in-out’ referendum on the question of the UK’s membership of the European Union (EU) which has dominated the political…
Quinn Emanuel expands in London again, appointing HSF’s Bremen as City construction chair Legal Business US firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has strengthened its construction offering with the appointment of Herbert Smith Freehills’ James…
Holman Fenwick continues recruitment drive with HSF litigator Foster Sarah Downey Holman Fenwick Willan has recruited another key lateral to its City practice, this time with Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) solicitor…
The Brexit debate: The big uneasy Legal Business The biggest issue facing business for a generation looms on 23 June with the Brexit vote. We assembled a group…
Gowling WLG boosts banking and projects ranks with appointments from Dentons and HSF Kathryn McCann Gowling WLG has made a double partner hire, appointing Dentons’ Matthew Harvey in banking and finance and former Herbert Smith…
HSF client Goldman Sachs loses costs argument against sovereign wealth fund ahead of $1bn trial Legal Business A pre-trial review of the upcoming $1bn court battle between Goldman Sachs and the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) has seen…
Revolving doors: HSF, Pinsents and Bird & Bird make key international laterals while High Court judge returns to Bar Legal Business Last week saw a host of international law firm lateral hires, while judge Sir Jeremy Cooke has left the UK’s…
HSF and Jones Day lead firms on £1.4bn London housing JV Kathryn McCann Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Jones Day were among a raft of firms that advised the investors behind residential schemes at…
HSF leaders plot China launch and US merger amid new strategy Tom Moore ‘Could we have a 1,000 lawyers in China? We could,’ Herbert Smith Freehills‘ (HSF) co-chief executive Mark Rigotti said. ‘But…
