About our fi rm
For those joining Herbert Smith, three key aspects of the fi rm rapidly become apparent.
First, we’re unique among our peers in being the leading litigation firm in Europe and Asia and having one of the world’s pre-eminent corporate practices. We’re a member of Legal Business’ ‘Magic Circle’. Our award-winning in-house advocacy unit
– the first such unit in the UK – offers a complete litigation service and a realistic alternative to the Bar. A similar vein of quality runs through our other practice areas, such as finance, EU and competition, real estate and employment, pensions and incentives. By choosing to start your career with us
you’ll be joining some of the brightest minds in the legal profession, doing the best work for the best clients. Over 80% of our trainees get the chance of a secondment to one of our international offices, or to one of our major clients. Second, the global nature of our business.
We’re different to our competitors: we provide our clients with a co-ordinated service using the best lawyers across the globe. We deliver this from our own offices in Asia, Belgium, France, the Middle East, Russia, Spain and the UK, and through a long established and binding alliance with leading firms Gleiss Lutz in Germany and Stibbe in Benelux. In the US we work collaboratively with many of the country’s premier law firms. Our cross-border India practice advises on
the most high-profile deals emanating from the country. Our teams in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing have led many of the multi-billion dollar international offerings that have propelled China’s former state-owned enterprises onto the world stage. And, with our Paris office leading the way, we now have one of the best Africa practices in the business. Our reputation for handling groundbreaking emerging-market mandates has been one of the defining features of the firm in recent years. Third, our distinctive culture and the premium
we place on training and developing our people. We enjoy what we do and are passionate about providing the highest level of client service. We believe that a meritocratic and collegiate environment – where lawyers are treated as
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individuals – will attract and retain the best talent. As a trainee, you’ll have responsibility and exposure to interesting work at an early stage. This will give you an exceptional set of skills and experiences and will help you realise your full potential.
Jonathan Scott – Senior Partner We’re one of the global elite law firms. What does that mean? It means we’re a quality law firm. Quality in terms of our clients. Quality in terms of our work. Quality in terms of our people. It’s a hard- working environment – but it’s also helpful, supportive and fun.
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