Herbert Smith has long been established as the UK and Asia’s premier international litigation firm and we continue to be the first port of call for clients with significant litigious problems. With a team of over 60 partners and 170 associates worldwide, we are able to work simultaneously on many major cases at any one time and field large teams if and when the need arises.
Behind our success lies experience litigating on all types of large-scale commercial disputes, including:
- contractual disputes
- banking litigation
- regulatory investigations
- professional liability
- shareholder litigation
- partnership disputes
- defamation
- intellectual property disputes
We advise clients in every industry sector, ranging from multinational corporations and major financial institutions through to governments and high-profile individuals. They include BSkyB, Vodafone, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Royal & Sun Alliance.
Through integrating our leading litigation capability with Herbert Smith’s other practice areas, we offer a unique full service offering to clients. We regularly advise, for instance, on potentially contentious aspects of major corporate and financial transactions.
Every Herbert Smith office handles contentious work. We co-ordinate our activities with alliance partners Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe, their litigation expertise enhancing the pan-European service we provide to clients. In the US we work closely with leading American firms and our reputation is such that we were voted “Litigation department of the year – UK” by the American Lawyer magazine.
Global Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year
Who's Who Legal Awards 2009
Litigation team of the Year
The Lawyer Awards 2009
Herbert Smith - best litigation practice
Vault Guide to the Top 50 UK Law Firms 2007
"The firm boasts enormous strength in depth and, without doubt, sets the pace in dispute resolution area"
Legal 500 2007
"Best litigation firm in the country"
Chambers UK 2008
Top-quality litigation team that has always enjoyed a reputation for pre-eminence"
Chambers UK 2009