Law firms Herbert Smith counters Thierbach loss with King & Spalding hire Legal Business · 26 October 2015 · 2 min read Strategic recruitment Corporate Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer 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 categoryHSF Kramer makes up 25 new partners in first round since transatlantic tie-upLaw firmsWill Lewallen21 Apr 2026‘The merger is working’ – HSF Kramer on its US corporate pushLaw firmsWill Lewallen27 Mar 2026Trading Places: Ropes hires Freshfields levfin co-head as top Kirkland litigator retiresLaw firmsEliza Winter25 Mar 2026Paul Hastings infra pair head to Freshfields after two yearsLaw firmsAlex Ryan28 Feb 2025Gibson Dunn takes heavyweight Sullivan & Cromwell duo in major London playLaw firmsElisha Juttla27 Feb 2025Chance moment: CC doubles down on private capital, but will flurry of hires pay off?Law firmsElisha Juttla14 Feb 2025Dealwatch: Baker McKenzie and Gibson Dunn lead on $5bn data centre investment while US trio orchestrate $27bn energy dealLaw firmsTom Cox27 Jan 2025‘There’s a lot of money in Chicago’ – the city’s top lawyers on what’s driving business in the MidwestLaw firmsAlex Ryan13 Jan 2025Cleary and White & Case switch on for Canal+ £2.5bn IPO in LondonLaw firmsElisha Juttla19 Dec 2024