Herbert Smith Freehills Archives - Legal Cheek

Revealed: The best law firms for peer support and partner approachability 2022

From rookies staying late for each other to partners always being available for a chat — which firms are the friendliest?

Dec 24 2021 9:44am
HSF joins City pay war with £105k base NQ salary

Bonus on top

Dec 1 2021 12:06pm
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Oxford v Cambridge moot debacle shows that even top law students make mistakes

Howlers on both sides in aftermath of face-off

Nov 30 2021 9:28am
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Lib Dem leader Ed Davey quits HSF advisory role amid MPs second jobs row

PM proposes rules banning political consultancy gigs

Nov 18 2021 12:53pm
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Careers

From self-taught coder to tech lawyer

Herbert Smith Freehills junior associate Jamie Ball shares his career journey and advice to students

Nov 16 2021 11:00am
Top City law firms come together to run diversity ‘hackathon’

Legal CORE aims to increase representation of BAME individuals in private practice through collaborative forums and crowdsourcing ideas

Nov 3 2021 9:21am

Top City firms join forces to launch legal ops grad scheme

Intensive four-week course designed in partnership with ULaw

Oct 11 2021 9:17am
Solicitor accused of injecting blood into supermarket food previously worked for A&O, Milbank and HSF

Leoaai Elghareeb arrested last week

Sep 3 2021 3:50pm
Herbert Smith Freehills launches legal ops graduate training scheme

Includes three-month secondment

Aug 2 2021 1:00pm
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City firms publish strong financial results despite Covid disruption

Revenue rises at HSF, Eversheds, Fieldfisher and Kennedys

Jul 14 2021 10:06am
HSF raises NQ ‘total compensation’ to £107k

Posts 97% autumn trainee retention result

Jul 9 2021 11:20am
Clifford Chance latest law firm to dish out COVID bonuses to all lawyers and staff

Follows similar moves made by HSF, Simmons and Bevan Brittan

Mar 12 2021 11:01am

HSF appoints first female senior partner

M&A specialist Rebecca Maslen-Stannage takes up new role from 1 May

Mar 10 2021 8:53am
Herbert Smith Freehills restarts international secondments for trainee solicitors

Four rookies to go abroad from next month

Feb 25 2021 11:02am
City Consortium to provide SQE ‘top-up courses’ for future trainees

Exclusive: Will cover legal tech and project management skills

Feb 9 2021 10:55am
Herbert Smith Freehills keeps 28 out of 30 NQ associates

Solid spring score of 93%

Feb 4 2021 9:17am
Ban for ex-Herbert Smith Freehills paralegal who faked overtime approval

Claimed extra 260 hours over two-month period

Jan 18 2021 10:42am
Revealed: The best law firms for peer support and partner approachability 2020-21

Legal Cheek’s exclusive survey identifies firms with best culture

Dec 30 2020 9:30am

Careers

5 reasons law firms want to hire STEM grads

Senior lawyers and lecturers from science, technology, engineering and maths backgrounds discuss why graduates in these fields are in high demand

Dec 14 2020 12:56pm
Herbert Smith Freehills targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2030

Follows 2025 aim set by CMS

Dec 2 2020 11:46am