Tag: Herbert Smith Freehills

How to secure a training contract at a global law firm in Hong Kong

Five industry experts share their top tips

Jun 19 2020 12:06pm

SQE latest: City Consortium’s non-law trainees will need to complete GDL-style conversion course

Exclusive: Influential group of six also hope future rookies will sit both parts of super-exam prior to starting TCs

May 19 2020 9:33am

Herbert Smith Freehills cancels 2020 summer vacation schemes

Exclusive: Candidates instead being invited to interview for TCs, with those successful offered place on virtual scheme

May 12 2020 9:15am

Top City firms freeze junior lawyer pay in response to virus pandemic

HSF, Freshfields and A&O among outfits to introduce belt-tightening measures

Apr 8 2020 9:23am

Lawyers working from home urged to donate commute savings to COVID-19 charities

Herbert Smith Freehills associate says City professionals are inadvertently saving up to 13 quid a day

Mar 30 2020 9:16am

Virus pandemic: Baker McKenzie and Herbert Smith Freehills postpone spring vacation schemes

Along with Charles Russell Speechlys and Penningtons Manches Cooper

Mar 18 2020 12:08pm

What went down at LegalEdCon North 2020

Last month's Manchester conference marked the beginning of some important conversations centering around the SQE, Sophie Currie reports

Feb 18 2020 3:18pm

How technology is changing the business of law

Herbert Smith Freehills lawyers talk tech transforming the firm

Dec 12 2019 2:12pm

City law firm ‘consortium’ appoints BPP as SQE prep-course provider

Influential group's future trainees will sit super-exam from autumn 2022 -- a year after assessment's proposed introduction

Dec 3 2019 9:05am

Lawtech is here to help lawyers — not replace them

Ahead of Legal Cheek’s latest careers event, ‘How tech is changing law and business’, we sit down with Herbert Smith Freehills senior associate Kushal Bhimjiani

Nov 20 2019 12:06pm

‘Big Tech’ and competition law explained

Herbert Smith Freehills trainee solicitor Patrick Todd provides an overview on some of the key issues

Oct 15 2019 10:48am

Legal sector dominates social mobility power list

Top ten spots for Baker McKenzie, Linklaters and BCLP

Oct 9 2019 8:44am

First legal bid to stop Boris Johnson shutting down parliament fails

Cross-party group has already signalled intention to appeal

Sep 4 2019 11:27am

Ex-PM Sir John Major instructs Herbert Smith Freehills in fight against Boris Johnson’s plan to suspend parliament

Twenty-four hours after campaigner Gina Miller engaged the services of Mishcon de Reya and Blackstone Chambers

Aug 30 2019 12:28pm

Summer vac scheme round-up: Ball games, boat tours and a bountiful supply of bubbly

Which City player won the summer's wooing-war?

Aug 16 2019 9:18am