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• Herbert Smith plans to rehire former managing partner Xiao

  Mar 16 2009 Former managing partner Jeremy Xiao will be returning to Herbert Smith's Beijing office from Credit Suisse, the firm announced. Xiao will serve as a consultant. more

• Herbies, Slaughters, Ashurst on Bradford & Bingley nationalisation

  Sep 29 2008 Herbert Smith, Slaughter and May and Ashurst have all landed top roles on the £40bn nationalisation of Bradford & Bingley (B&B)... more

• Herbert Smith advises British American Tobacco in £13bn on restructuring

  Aug 14 2008 Herbert Smith has won the lead role on the £13bn restructuring of its long-time client British American Tobacco (BAT). more

• Law firms defy downturn to post bumper results

  Jul 14 2008 As investment banks continue to announce widespread redundancies, the largest global law firms are turning in double-digit revenue increases despite the credit crunch... more

• Record results from UK law firms - Allen & Overy breaks £1bn

  Jul 04 2008 Allen & Overy's figures show a 15% rise in turnover to £1.016 billion. RollOnFriday has published a detailed list of law firms which have posted double digit... more

• Salary sparring continues in the City

  Jun 29 2008 Two leading City firms have reversed their earlier decisions to freeze pay. Olswang has upped its NQ salaries to £63,500 despite earlier announcing it was not going to... more

• Herbert Smith names Austin Sweeney as new Singapore chief

  Jun 24 2008 Herbert Smith has appointed Austin Sweeney as the new head of its Singapore office, with the corporate partner relocating from the firm’s City base to take up the... more

• Herbert Smith reverses decision to freeze salaries

  Jun 22 2008 Herbert Smith has become the second firm in recent weeks to renege on its decision to freeze junior lawyer salaries. The top ten City law firm announced today (19... more

• City law firms retain less than 90% of trainees

  Jun 14 2008 Some of the UK’s largest City firms have released their trainee retention rates for the September 2008 intake, with the majority offering places to fewer than 90% of... more

• UK law firm salary reviews: a bit of an anticlimax

  May 21 2008 There were several pay-freezes and a couple of modest increases in this year's first round of associate salary reviews, unlike during the previous downturn there have... more

• Herbies and the Times launch law student competition on diversity

  May 16 2008 City firm Herbert Smith has teamed up with the Times to launch an advocacy competition on the issue of diversity for all UK law students. The challenge is to... more

• Herbies' profit smashes £1m per partner

  May 14 2008 Herbert Smith has recovered from its poor 2006-07 financial performance with its average profit per equity partner (PEP) figure breaking the £1m barrier for the first... more

• Indian law colleges: International law firms pick cream of the crop

  May 14 2008 The placement period at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore won't end for another month. But the batch of 80 students in the final year have... more

• Salary reviews - Freshfields leads Magic Circle

  May 11 2008 Following the recent salary reviews, RollOnFriday has published a detailed "Table of Dosh" currently including City law firms such as Shearman & Sterling, Freshfields,... more

• Herbert Smith announces associate pay freeze

  May 02 2008 Herbert Smith has confirmed that it will not be increasing associate salaries for the next financial year. Salary bands will remain the same as last year, with... more

• UK firms eye Singapore opportunities as local-law licences go up for grabs

  May 02 2008 Legalweek reports that DLA Piper, Lovells, Ashurst, Herbert Smith and Norton Rose are planning to apply for licences to provide local-law advice in Singapore. The... more

• Herbert Smith and Leading Saudi Law Firm Join Hands

  Apr 28 2008 Herbert Smith, a London-based law firm with over 1,200 lawyers in branches world-wide, has established a formal and exclusive association in Saudi Arabia with the Al... more

• Herbert Smith Tries More Management

  Apr 21 2008 For the last 15 years the United Kingdom's Herbert Smith has been one of the few international firms in London without a managing partner. That ended last week when... more

• DLA launches in Abu Dhabi while other top firms still waiting for licenses

  Apr 20 2008 DLA Piper is to formally launch in Abu Dhabi later this month, with projects and finance partner Stephen Webb -- currently based at the firm's Dubai office --... more

• Indian salaries rocket as UK firms poach talent

  Apr 08 2008 A full-blown salary war has erupted in India in response to increased local and international competition for talent, resulting in pay increases of more than 50 per... more

• Lovells jumps 38 places to storm UK M&A top three

  Apr 04 2008 Lovells jumped 38 places to storm into the top three firms by value for UK M&A deals in the first quarter. The rankings show Linklaters as the firm advising on the... more

• Herbert Smith: emergency childcare first

  Mar 29 2008 Herbert Smith has introduced an emergency childcare service for all its staff, so allowing its lawyers to stay happily chained to their desks even during an outbreak... more

• Herbert Smith hands partnership to bumper 18

  Mar 28 2008 Herbert Smith has become the latest major UK firm to unveil its partner promotions, with the top 10 City outfit making up a bumper 18 new partners – double the number... more

• Reed Smith, Herbert Smith in as AOL buys $850m Bebo

  Mar 16 2008 The City arm of Reed Smith Richards Butler has picked up a profile-raising mandate on the $850m acquisition of social networking website Bebo by AOL. The firm’s London... more

• Linklaters ranked as 'superbrand' law firm

  Mar 10 2008 In a new study by Superbrands, Linklaters appears as the highest law firm on the list of best brands at 259. Clifford Chance is ranked at 296 and national firm... more

• UK trainees avoid crunch fallout as top firms’ retention soars above 90%

  Jan 17 2008 Trainee retention rates across the UK’s elite legal profession have remained steadfast, with many firms keeping hold of more than 90% of their intake despite a sharp... more

• UK trainees avoid crunch fallout as top firms’ retention soars above 90%

  Jan 17 2008 Trainee retention rates across the UK’s elite legal profession have remained steadfast, with many firms keeping hold of more than 90% of their intake despite a sharp... more

• UK law firms bank on emerging markets to ride out credit crunch

  Jan 08 2008 Law firms at all levels of the market are bracing themselves for an uncertain year, with management looking at geographic diversification as a means of mitigating... more

• Charity Commission scoops former Herbies partner

  Jan 03 2008 Herbert Smith's former head of trusts and charities John Wood has been appointed to the Charity's Commission board, replacing Lindsay Driscoll. Wood, who is currently... more

• UK law firm Herbert Smith to contribute more for China's investment

  Nov 30 2007 Herbert Smith, one of the leading British law firms, vowed here on Thursday to contribute more for Chinese enterprises' drive to invest in the United Kingdom. Speaking... more

• Twenty graduates join Herbert Smith in Indian haul

  Nov 27 2007 Herbert Smith has stepped up its global recruitment programme with the hire of 20 trainee lawyers from India. The move comes as the firm completes its pilot... more

• Magic Circle Firms on Pace to Become Among World's Most Profitable

  Nov 14 2007 Six months into their current financial year, the United Kingdom's largest firms are continuing the impressive growth that characterized the 2006–07 financial year. In... more