Herbert Smith advises major corporations, financial institutions and governments.

Clients include BAA, BP, BSkyB, Coca-Cola, easyJet, Eurotunnel, Fortune Brands, Goldman Sachs, ICI, Intel, Merrill Lynch, the Motion Picture Association, PricewaterhouseCoopers, QinetiQ Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Tata Steel, Time Warner, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Vodafone and WH Smith.

While Herbert Smith is a large firm, we pride ourselves on our team ethos and our ability to provide an integrated service across practice groups and offices. Our approach is highly professional but also informal and friendly. We enjoy what we do and we like our clients to enjoy working with us. We like where possible to work as an integrated part of the client's own team, working together with the client in pursuance of its objectives. We find an arm's length relationship less satisfying, and do not believe it takes proper advantage of the expertise we can bring.

Tailoring advice to the needs of the client is a core skill which we seek to instil in our lawyers from the moment they begin their training. We believe we have a reputation in the market for doing so. Strong team management is a priority to ensure that increasingly complicated remits, involving a large number of parties, are executed in the most efficient and effective way. In addition, we have systems in place to ensure that queries arising on a day-to-day basis outside the context of a large matter are answered in a prompt and cost effective way, and that the advice is easily accessible.

We believe in developing long-term relationships with our clients which are characterised by achievement, consultation and honesty. Herbert Smith takes pride in its reputation for client satisfaction and has been praised by clients in the Chambers UK legal directory for its client focus and responsiveness.

Read more about our work, our clients, and the Herbert Smith people who make it happen, in the case files.