Law firms

A carve-out before Christmas – HSF agrees compromise to (largely) unite post-merger partner pay

It was a long time coming but Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has finally agreed a compromise to unite equity partner pay just over a year after the union of Herbert Smith and Australian leader Freehills.

The deal will see the two firms combine their partnerships under a ‘global managed lockstep’, a break from previous attempts to usher in more radical performance-based rewards for the combined partnership.

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