Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Herbert Smith Freehills is one of the world’s leading law firms, bringing together the best people across 24 offices. The firm’s New York office comprises seasoned litigators, international arbitration specialists, project finance, and projects and infrastructure practitioners. The team’s experience is broad-based and encompasses a variety of sectors, with notable expertise in financial services, energy and consumer products.

The corporate crime, investigations and compliance team is experienced in all areas of law connected with bribery and corruption, fraud, money laundering, insider trading, cartels, and other types of white-collar crime. The firm’s lawyers act for corporate clients, financial institutions and senior management in respect of actions by law enforcement agencies across multiple jurisdictions. The team also has extensive experience in advising clients regarding compliance with US economic sanctions.

The firm’s international arbitration team consists of specialists qualified to practice in New York, England, France and Singapore, and has experience with all of the major international arbitration rules and seats. The team has extensive experience with investor-state arbitration representations, having advised both investors and governments in a number of high-profile, complex and sensitive investment treaty arbitrations. Additionally, the team provides high-quality legal advice on the most complex of commercial arbitrations under a broad spectrum of laws from both civil and common law systems and under the rules of all major institutions, as well as numerous ad hoc arbitrations.

The firm’s complex litigation team counsels clients on a wide variety of US and cross-border matters, including commercial disputes, class actions, consumer fraud, and product liability matters. Its lawyers have been at the forefront of product liability and consumer fraud litigation for decades. They have represented product manufacturers and sellers on a global basis, across a number of high-profile cases during all stages of litigation, from initial pleadings and discovery through trials and appeals. The team also defends multinational corporations in federal and state class actions, including consumer class actions grounded in statutory and common law theories of liability.

The New York office serves as the firm’s center of excellence for its Latin America practice, with a focus on disputes and major infrastructure projects in the energy, transport and mining sectors. The firm’s Latin America group comprises an experienced international team and includes native Spanish and Portuguese speakers and lawyers from Latin America who have worked in private practice, in-house and governmental institutions.