Law firms Strategy review puts US merger and new office launches on HSF agenda Legal Business · 4 February 2015 · 3 min read US Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Further New York growth and Washington DC offering on the cardsHerbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is accelerating its US development plans, launching consultations to explore a US merger and office openings outside of New York.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 2026‘There’s a lot of money in Chicago’ – the city’s top lawyers on what’s driving business in the MidwestLaw firmsAlex Ryan13 Jan 2025Osborne Clarke launches international arbitration offering in MiamiLaw firmsAyesha Ellis12 Sep 2023The American dream: US firms in expansion mode amid wave of international office openingsLaw firmsCharles Avery28 Jun 2022Talent wars, private equity and number crunching: LB’s most read features of 2024Law firmsGeorgina Stanley23 Dec 2024Youle, Dejonghe, Levine and the top women in private equity – LB’s most popular interviews of 2024Law firmsGeorgina Stanley23 Dec 2024‘$20m isn’t much once you deduct the essentials’ – LB’s best quotes of the yearLaw firmsElisha Juttla23 Dec 2024