Betting big on the US: HSF Kramer chiefs on what’s next for their $2bn merger

Betting big on the US: HSF Kramer chiefs on what’s next for their $2bn merger

‘Often when you put two businesses together, you’re looking for ways to streamline, and for ways to cut. For us, it’s the complete opposite – it’s all about growth and build,’ says HSF Kramer chair and senior partner Rebecca Maslen-Stannage, as she and CEO Justin D’Agostino set out the strategy for newly merged Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer.

Speaking to LB barely three months after the union between Anglo-Australian Herbert Smith Freehills and New York’s Kramer Levin went live on 1 June, she and D’Agostino are explaining the bold investment plan that sets out just how much they want to grow in the all-important US market.

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