Law firms Latham continues City hiring spree with HSF energy head Balsdon Legal Business · 13 December 2016 · 2 min read Strategic recruitment Energy US firms Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Latham & Watkins Latham & Watkins announced today (13 December) that it has hired Herbert Smith Freehills’s (HSF) global energy co-head John Balsdon, who will join its finance team in the City.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 category‘The velocity of partner movement is pretty incredible’ – New York follows London’s lead on lateralsLaw firmsWill Lewallen19 Jun 2026City partner promotions outpace firmwide among Global London firmsLaw firm dataKate Peacock16 Jun 2026Burges Salmon, Irwin Mitchell and HSFK lawyers recognised in King’s Birthday HonoursLaw firmsKate Peacock15 Jun 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 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 2025‘Everybody wanted to be on that bus’: Baker Botts on its award-winning Saudi green hydrogen dealLaw firmsAlex Ryan18 Nov 2024Legal 500 US: Latham tops the charts in new US rankingsLegal 500 dataBarnaby Merrill28 Jun 2024