22 September 2023

HSF CEO calls for arbitral institutions to confront new ESG landscape

A leading arbitration lawyer has called for arbitral institutions to be proactive in tackling Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues in a ...

22 June 2023

Herbert Smith Freehills advises SFL (Société Foncière Lyonnaise) on the signing of a €835M sustainability-linked revolving bank credit facility including ESG performance indicators

International leading law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has advised SFL (Société Foncière Lyonnaise), the benchmark in the Paris prime commercial ...

26 January 2023

Herbert Smith Freehills partner Rebecca Perlman recognised as the Real Deal

Herbert Smith Freehills partner Rebecca Perlman has been recognised as one of the most influential ESG innovators across Europe by Real Deals, the ...

16 November 2022

ESG a key driver of investment decisions, but scale and speed hampered by roadblocks and uncertainty: survey

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors feature prominently in investment decisions around Australian boardroom tables, with 9 out of 10 ...

1 February 2022

Herbert Smith Freehills international downstream team has advised a long standing client Norilsk Nickel on their most critical upgrade project to improve the environmental impact of their core plants

Norilsk Nickel is Russia’s leading metals and mining company and the world’s largest high-grade nickel and palladium producer with a market cap of USD ...

27 January 2022

Class actions, D&O insurance scrutiny, ESG litigation, cyber- attacks and crypto regulation the top dispute resolution areas to watch in 2022

Experts from Herbert Smith Freehills’ market-leading Dispute Resolution practice have shared their predictions for 2022, outlining some of the key ...

22 April 2021

Herbert Smith Freehills promotes five to partnership in Asia 史密夫斐尔亚洲区晋升五位合伙人

Leading global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills announced today the promotion of five new partners in Asia.The new Asia partners are part of a ...

7 April 2021

Nanda Lau to lead Herbert Smith Freehills’ China corporate practice 刘依兰将领导史密夫斐尔中国公司事务

Shanghai partner Nanda Lau has been named Herbert Smith Freehills’ new head of the firm’s China corporate practice, effective 1 May 2021.She replaces ...

4 December 2020

Herbert Smith Freehills advises ORIX on its acquisition of Gravis as it expands globally while contributing to a sustainable society

Leading global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has advised ORIX Corporation Europe N.V. on its acquisition of a 70% stake in Gravis Capital Management ...

19 November 2020

Herbert Smith Freehills conseille Airbus SE dans le cadre de la négociation d’un crédit syndiqué de 6 milliards d’euros intégrant des critères ESG

Le cabinet d’avocats d’affaires International Herbert Smith Freehills a conseillé Airbus SE, multinationale européenne leader de l’aéronautique, de ...

21 September 2020

Herbert Smith Freehills CEO Justin D’Agostino joins business leaders from over 100 countries to pledge support for multilateralism

Justin D’Agostino, the Chief Executive Officer of global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has joined over 1,000 CEOs to endorse United Nations’ ...

7 January 2020

ESG comes of age in M&A: Dealmakers are now focussing on ESG issues across all sectors

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters rapidly rose up the corporate agenda in 2019, such that ESG is now a mainstream issue across all ...