Tag: Herbert Smith Freehills

Herbert Smith Freehills launches legal ops graduate training scheme
Includes three-month secondment

City firms publish strong financial results despite Covid disruption
Revenue rises at HSF, Eversheds, Fieldfisher and Kennedys

HSF raises NQ ‘total compensation’ to £107k
Posts 97% autumn trainee retention result

Clifford Chance latest law firm to dish out COVID bonuses to all lawyers and staff
Follows similar moves made by HSF, Simmons and Bevan Brittan

HSF appoints first female senior partner
M&A specialist Rebecca Maslen-Stannage takes up new role from 1 May

Herbert Smith Freehills restarts international secondments for trainee solicitors
Four rookies to go abroad from next month

City Consortium to provide SQE ‘top-up courses’ for future trainees
Exclusive: Will cover legal tech and project management skills

Herbert Smith Freehills keeps 28 out of 30 NQ associates
Solid spring score of 93%

Ban for ex-Herbert Smith Freehills paralegal who faked overtime approval
Claimed extra 260 hours over two-month period

Revealed: The best law firms for peer support and partner approachability 2020-21
Legal Cheek’s exclusive survey identifies firms with best culture

What will the green revolution mean for lawyers?
Herbert Smith Freehills partners and associates discuss the present and future role of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) goals in light of recent government policy announcements

5 reasons law firms want to hire STEM grads
Senior lawyers and lecturers from science, technology, engineering and maths backgrounds discuss why graduates in these fields are in high demand

Herbert Smith Freehills targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2030
Follows 2025 aim set by CMS

How I combine corporate and charity law
Herbert Smith Freehills senior associate Rebecca Perlman shares her story

Magic and silver circle law firms sign commitment to ensure BAME junior lawyers get same career opportunities as white counterparts
Elite firms join over 30 legal recruiters in new diversity pledge

City law firms repay government furlough money
Norton Rose Fulbright, Herbert Smith Freehills and Osborne Clarke wind back cost-cutting measures after performance exceeds expectations

Over half of City law firm partners went to private school
Solicitors from lower socio-economic backgrounds take around 18 months longer to make partner, major report focusing on 10 top outfits finds

9 City law firms named top LGBT employers
Stonewall list recognises efforts to create inclusive workplaces

Come into the office just 60% of the time, Herbert Smith Freehills tells lawyers
Benchmark set for post-pandemic operations

Herbert Smith Freehills sets ethnicity goal for London NQ lawyers
Proportion of minority rookies retained to ‘at least equal’ proportion of minority rookies in each intake, says firm

11 photos of Taylor Swift dressed like law firms
Legal lookbook includes the magic circle