Herbert Smith counters Thierbach loss with King & Spalding hire Legal Business26 October 2015Strategic recruitmentCorporate Just over a month since news broke that its high-profile capital markets head Steve Thierbach was leaving, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has appointed King & Spalding’s Tom O’Neill to head its US securities practice.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryThirty firms win roles in revamped £820m government legal panel – with three new appointments‘It was never a marriage made in heaven’- what Norton Rose Fulbright’s exit means for South AfricaRevolving Doors: Latham hires real estate partner as HSF Kramer loses partners in London and Middle EastPaul Hastings infra pair head to Freshfields after two yearsGibson Dunn takes heavyweight Sullivan & Cromwell duo in major London playChance moment: CC doubles down on private capital, but will flurry of hires pay off?Dealwatch: Baker McKenzie and Gibson Dunn lead on $5bn data centre investment while US trio orchestrate $27bn energy deal‘There’s a lot of money in Chicago’ – the city’s top lawyers on what’s driving business in the MidwestCleary and White & Case switch on for Canal+ £2.5bn IPO in London