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 50 partners and 160 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.
Litigation team of the Year
The Lawyer Awards 2007
Herbert Smith - best litigation practice
Vault Guide to the Top 50 UK Law Firms 2007
“The fear of clients who face the prospect of big-ticket litigation is, if we don’t instruct Herbert Smith, the opposition will.”
Legal 500 2004-5
“The vast operation is a first choice for many of London's bet-the-company cases”
Chambers UK 2005
Global Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year
Who's Who Legal Awards, 2005
"Western European Litigation/Arbitration Law Firm of the Year"
Chambers Awards 2004
“Litigation department of the year - UK”
The American Lawyer, January 2004
“London's pre-eminent litigation practice”
Legal 500, 2003
“an outfit others 'aspire to be' ”
Chambers 2003-2004
“achieving the impossible remains something of a forte”
Legal 500, 2003
“Commercial Litigation Firm of the Year”
Asian Legal Business Awards 2003
For the third year running Herbert Smith’s Asian practice has won the ‘Best Commercial Litigation & Arbitration’ award
Asian Lawyer 2002 Awards