Financial Services & Insurance Team of the Year
The Legal Business Awards 2008
European Equity Issue of the Year
IFR Awards 2007
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M&A Team of the Year 2007
The British Legal Awards, hosted by Legal Week
Asian Law firm of the Year
Chambers Global Awards 2007
Corporate team of the Year
The Lawyer Awards 2007
Litigation team of the Year
The Lawyer Awards 2007
Equity Team of the Year
IFLR Asian Awards 2007
Property Team of the Year
Legal Week Awards 2006
Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year
Asian Legal Business Awards 2006
UK firm of the year 2006
The Second Annual International Law Office Client Choice Awards
Project Finance Deal of the Year
International Financial Law Review (IFLR) Middle East Awards 2006
Winner of general innovation and CSR categories
Runner-up for human resources innovation
Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Special Report
Real Estate Team of the Year
The Lawyer Awards 2006
Global Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year
Who's Who Legal Awards 2006
Asia Pacific Firm/Office of the Year
Legal Business Awards 2006
Arbitration Law Firm of the Year
Asian Legal Business Awards 2005
Western Europe energy/projects law firm of the year
Chambers Global Awards 2005
"Herbert Smith offers the full spectrum of corporate, financing, regulatory and disputes advice on European energy and projects matters. 2004 saw it counsel Sumitomo on the $4-6 billion Rabigh petrochemical complex, and the DTI on the establishment of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to manage the UK's £48 billion nuclear clean-up."
Global Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year
Who's Who Legal Awards 2005
UK M&A Deal of the Year
Acquisitions Monthly Awards 2005
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Commercial Litigation Firm of the Year
Asian Legal Business Awards 2004
Insurance Firm of the Year
Asian Legal Business Awards 2004
Western European Litigation/Arbitration Law Firm of the Year
Chambers Awards 2004
European Firm/Office of the Year
Legal Business Awards 2004
“Herbert Smith [Moscow] demonstrated a remarkable emergence in 2003, launching the firm onto the scene with a string of challenging mandates, the envy of many a rival in this crowded and revitalised region”.
Litigation Department of the Year - UK
The American Lawyer, January 2004
The American Lawyer’s first foray into assessing local practices outside the US names Herbert Smith “Litigation Department of the Year - UK”. Read article here (1.6mb PDF)
Law Firm of the Year
The Lawyer Awards 2003
The Lawyer commented: "Herbert Smith wins Law Firm of The Year, in recognition of its astonishing progress both domestically and internationally. The days when Herbert Smith was known only for its litigation strength are long gone”.
Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year
Asian Legal Business Awards 2002, 2003
Arbitration Law Firm of the Year
Asian Legal Business Awards 2003
M&A Team of the Year
Legal Business Awards 2003
Competition - Western Europe Law Firm of the Year
The Chambers Awards, 2003
The panel of judges commented: “The lawyers there [Herbert Smith] have gained widespread admiration for their impressive victories in the media, film and sports sectors. Maturing relationships with strategic alliance partners – top German anti trust practice Gleiss Lutz and Dutch heavyweight Stibbe – further enhances its standing.”
M&A deal of the year
IFLR European Awards 2003
Herbert Smith was recognised for its role advising Carnival on the takeover of P&O Princess.
M&A Team of the Year
Legal Business Awards 2002
Alastair Loundon, previously group counsel at Bank of Scotland and now head of group strategy at the merged bank HBOS said, "In terms of overall performance, we had a terrific service from Herbert Smith on a broad range of issues form competition to Internet domain issues."
Competition Team of the Year
Legal Business Awards 2002
Max Mosley, president of the FIA, said: "Herbert Smith did a quite excellent job. The team took an innovative and unusual line, and were prepared to do things that many other law firms wouldn't."
M&A Team of the Year
The Lawyer Awards 2002
Bob McCarthy, Time general counsel told The Lawyer, "Herbert Smith are as good a law firm as I’ve worked with anywhere in the world. Just as impressive as their strength and depth were the assistants on the deal, who were fantastic."
Most Admired Law Firm
Bluechip In-house Legal Awards 2002
Legal Director polled approximately 1,800 in-house counsel for the award. One of them commented, "They have a consistently high quality of staff and advice across all areas – they are extremely proactive and client focused."
The Queen’s Award for Enterprise
in International Trade April 2002
The Award recognises the firm’s recent success in growing its practice internationally and increasingly acting for organisations that are based outside of the UK. In 1998, 25% of its turnover came from organisations based outside of the UK; by 2001, this had risen to nearly 40%.
Projects Team of the Year
Strategic Law and Finance Awards 2002
Best Commercial Litigation & Arbitration
Asian Lawyer Magazine Awards 1999, 2000, 2001
National Institute of IT Training Awards 2002
For the best internal training project 2002