Herbert Smith is a leading international corporate and commerical legal practice with more than 1,200 lawyers and 230 partners in offices in Europe and Asia. Its headquarters are based in London. The firm was founded in the City of London in 1882 by Norman Herbert Smith. Although its membership is contentious, Herbert Smith is considered large enough to be a member of the magic circle.
The firm has offices in London, Brussels, Paris, Moscow, Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore, Tokyo, and Bangkok, with an associated office in Jakarta. In addition they work closely with two premier European firms with whom they have an alliance - the German firm Gleiss Lutz and the Dutch and Belgian firm Stibbe.
Herbert Smith has a diverse, blue-chip client base including FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies, major investment banks and governments.
Areas of Work
Corporate (including international mergers and acquisitions), finance and banking (including capital markets), international litigation and arbitration, energy, projects and project finance, EU and competition, real estate, tax, employment and trusts, construction and engineering, insurance, investment funds, IP, US securities.
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