Herbert Smith Freehills

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Herbert Smith Freehills

Ranked in 10 countries

Mentioned in 104 rankings

France 66 avenue Marceau 75008 Paris 01 53 57 70 70

United Kingdom Exchange House - Primrose Street EC2A 2EG London 0044 20 7374 8000

United States 450 Lexington Avenue NY 10017 New York 001 917 542 7600

Spain Calle de Velázquez, 63 28001 Madrid 34 914 23 40 00

Italy Via Santa Maria Valle, 3 20123 Milan

United Kingdom PRIMROSE STREET EC2A2HS LONDON 442074662086

Japan Tower, 41st Floor 9-7-1 Akasaka 107-6241 Tokyo 81354125412

0153577070

South Africa 2 Sandton Drive Entrance 145 Second Street Sandton 2196 Johannesburg + 27 (0) 11 282 0831

Russia 10 Ulitsa Nikolskaya 109012 Moscou +7 495 363 6500

Germany Neue Mainzer Strasse 75 60311 Frankfurt am Main 49 69 222 282 400

Global performances

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France

Africa Desk

Corporate / M&A

Leading

International arbitration and litigation

Excellent

Natural ressources and renewable energies

Leading

Project financing

Leading

TMT

Excellent

Bank financing

Project finance: advising banks or sponsors

Excellent

Banking & finance

Debt capital markets (DCM)

Excellent

Financial services: regulatory & litigation

Highly recommended

Large-cap share and convertible capital markets

Highly recommended

Securitization & structured financing

Excellent

Competition & Antitrust

Antitrust

Highly recommended

Deregulation & regulated industries

Highly recommended

Distribution law

Highly recommended

Merger control

Excellent

Sector: health & pharmaceutical industry

Recommended

State Aids

Highly recommended

Compliance

Compliance program

Highly recommended

International investigation and internal investigation

Leading

Dispute resolution

Commercial litigation

Excellent

Financial litigation & equity financing

Excellent

International arbitration

Excellent

Litigation with regulators and for listed operations

Leading

White collar crime

Excellent

Energy & environment

Energy: market regulation

Excellent

Environmental litigation

Highly recommended

Innovation, technology & telecoms

Data protection law

Excellent

IT, software & digital projects

Excellent

Internet

Leading

Intellectual property

Patent litigation

Recommended

Trademark litigation

Excellent

Mergers & acquisitions

Complex or high litigation-potential stock-exchange transactions

Leading

Distressed M&A

Highly recommended

Transactions exceeding €500 million

Excellent

Private Equity

Acquisition financing

Recommended

Mid-cap LBO transactions

Highly recommended

Public Law

Urban commercial planning

Excellent

Urban planning

Recommended

Real estate

Real estate tax

Highly recommended

Real estate transactions - financing

Valuable practice

Real estate transactions - investment

Highly recommended

Tenancy law

Highly recommended

Restructuring & insolvency

Advising banks and creditors

Excellent

Tax law

Financial service tax

Recommended

LBO tax

Highly recommended

Taxation of international groups

Highly recommended

Transaction tax

Highly recommended

promotion & construction

Real estate development

Highly recommended

United Kingdom

Banking & finance

Acquisition financing

Recommended

Capital markets

Highly recommended

Debt capital markets (DCM)

Excellent

Competition & Antitrust

Merger control

Excellent

Compliance

Corporates / Financial institutions

Leading

Individuals

Highly recommended

Dispute resolution

Claims and insurance litigation

Excellent

Commercial litigation

Leading

Insurance Litigation: Policyholders

Leading

International arbitration

Excellent

Intellectual property

Data protection

Recommended

IT law

Excellent

Patent litigation

Excellent

Trademark litigation

Recommended

Labor & Employment

Representation of employers

Leading

Mergers & acquisitions

Large-cap transactions

Excellent

Private Equity

Fund structuring

Recommended

Large LBO transactions

Valuable practice

Large-cap transactions

Valuable practice

Mid-cap LBO transactions

Recommended

Restructuring & insolvency

Highly recommended

Tax law

Corporate tax

Highly recommended

Spain

Banking & finance

Advisory

Excellent

Capital markets

Highly recommended

Project finance: advising banks or sponsors

Excellent

Compliance

Excellent

Dispute resolution

Commercial litigation

Highly recommended

International arbitration

Leading

Mergers & acquisitions

Leading

Private Equity

Advisory

Leading

Private Equity & Funds

Highly recommended

Real estate

Recommended

Restructuring & insolvency

Highly recommended

Tax law

Corporate tax

Highly recommended

Russia

Banking & finance

Leading

Competition & Antitrust

Antitrust

Recommended

Dispute resolution

Commercial litigation

Highly recommended

Mergers & acquisitions

Leading

Restructuring & insolvency

Highly recommended

Tax law

Corporate tax

Highly recommended

Germany

Competition & Antitrust

Antitrust & merger control

Recommended

Dispute resolution

Commercial litigation

Recommended

International arbitration

Recommended

White collar crime

Recommended

Real estate

Recommended

Italy

Healthcare, pharmaceuticals & biotech

Sector: health & pharmaceutical industry

Excellent

Innovation, technology & telecoms

TMT

Highly recommended

Intellectual property

Patent litigation

Excellent

Trademark litigation

Excellent

United States

Dispute resolution

International arbitration

Recommended

Investment arbitration

Highly recommended

Japan

Competition & Antitrust

Merger control

Highly recommended

Hong Kong

Dispute resolution

International arbitration

Leading

South Africa

Business law

Highly recommended