An overview

Herbert Smith is an international law firm renowned for its groundbreaking work with a range of top-flight businesses from around the world.

Our clients trust us with some of their largest and most high-profile transactions, disputes and projects. They know that we pride ourselves on delivering the highest levels of expertise and service through first-rate commercially astute people working on a full range of legal services.

Our Hong Kong office is the headquarters of our Asia operations, co-ordinating and handling work throughout the region. Clients in Asia include Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, UBS, Merrill Lynch, ICBC, JPMorgan, Sinopec, CNOOC, First Choice, VSNL, AXA, Huawei Technologies, Carlyle, TPG-Newbridge, China Construction Bank and Shenhua Energy.

In addition to the main practice areas – corporate, finance, dispute resolution and real estate – our specialist areas include energy, TMT (technology, media and telecoms), fraud, insurance and employment as well as disputes related to regional project and infrastructure work. This means our two-year training programme can offer a very broad range of experience - essential to making an informed choice as to where to practise on qualification.


1,200

Lawyers
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245

Partners
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177

Trainees
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73

Practices and industry
sector groups
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22

Offices*
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550+ 

Partners and staff
involved in community
action projects
worldwide
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* with alliance firms
Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe