Herbert Smith Freehills LLP's team operates with a sector focused approach, offering particular strength in matters relating to energy, real estate, and investment funds. William Arrenberg leads the team, and the firm’s global tax practice, and is particularly adept in real estate and energy mandates. Howard Murray covers TMT, infrastructure, and capital markets transactions, among other issues, while Aurell Taussig maintains an investment funds taxation-focused practice. Casey Dalton covers real estate and funds taxation, and Josh Lom advises on both contentious and non-contentious tax issues.
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‘The team is approachable and attentive and comes up with proactive solutions.’
‘Casey Dalton is very good.’
Key clients
- Addax Petroleum UK Limited
- Ardonagh Group
- AustralianSuper Pty Ltd
- Blackrock
- Canada Life
- Chevron
- Coca-Cola HBC AG
- Hotel Chocolat Group Plc
- Link Administration Holdings Limited
- Norlake Hospitality Limited
- Osaka Gas Co., Ltd
- Sinopec
- The Stage Shoreditch Development Limited
- Stonepeak Partners LP
- Sumitomo Corporation
- VMED O2 UK Limited
- Zain Group
- AbbVie Inc.
- Aberdeen Standard Life
- Acacia Research Corporation
- Ahren LP
- Allianz Real Estate GmbH
- Amundi (UK) Limited
- Antin
- Argent (Property Development) Services Limited
- Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
- Associated British Foods plc
- Atlassian Corporation Plc
- Baillie Gifford
- Balance Legal Capital
- Berkeley Homes
- Bharti
- BHP Group Limited
- Big Society Capital Limited
- BioPharma Credit Plc
- Blue Motor Finance Limited
- BP
- Bridgestone Corporation
- British American Tobacco PLC
- Brookfield Property Partners LP
- Brookgate Land Limited
- Cabot Square Capital
- CalEnergy
- Canary Wharf Group Plc
- Capital & Counties Properties Plc
- Certares Management LLC
- Chargeurs
- Citibank
- Comcast Corporation
- Copenhagen Infrastructure New Markets Fund
- CPP Investment Board
- Deutsche Lufthansa AG
- Dorrington Plc
- EDF
- ENI
- Ferrexpo plc
- Fidelio Capital AB
- Findlay Park Partners LLP
- Gazeley
- Gazprom
- General Mills
- Goldman Sachs International
- Greycoat Real Estate LLP
- Hammerson Plc
- Hermes Fund Managers Limited
- Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited
- Iberdrola S.A.
- Impilo AB
- Inchcape
- Iluka Resources
- Impact Oil & Gas AGC Limited
- Israel Chemical Limited (ICL)
- Johnson Matthey Plc
- Kin and Carta Plc
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- King's College London
- Korea Investment Corporation
- KPMG LLP
- Lazard Group
- LCR Limited
- Lend Lease Corporation Limited
- LendInvest BTL Limited
- Marex Plc
- Marsfields Limited
- Mercuria Energy Group
- National Grid Plc
- Newen Studios
- Nuveen
- OneWeb Communications
- Panasonic Corporation
- Patria Finance Limited
- Pearson Plc
- Pension Insurance Corporation Plc
- Pension Protection Fund
- Perenco UK Limited
- Phoenix Group Holdings Plc
- Polar Capital
- Prisma Capital
- Qatar Investment Authority
- ReAssure Limited
- Resolution Re
- Respira International Limited
- Royal London
- RTW Biotech Opportunities Ltd
- Saga Plc
- SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust
- Sky Plc
- Societe Generale
- SoftBank Corporation
- St. James Edinburgh Unit Trust
- Sustainable Development Capital LLC
- The British Land Company Plc
- The McConnell Foundation
- Thomas Lloyd Group Limited
- TP ICAP plc
- Transport for London / London Underground Limited
- Tryg A/S
- Tullow Oil
- TSB Bank plc
- Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
- Vantage Capital Markets LLP
- Weir Group Plc
- Wesfarmers
- Willis Towers Watson
- Wisetech Global Ltd
- Woodside Energy Ltd
Work highlights
- Advising Hotel Chocolat on its high profile recommended cash acquisition valued at £534 million by Hive Bidco, Inc. a subsidiary of food giant Mars.
- Advising on the sale of Sinopec's 49% stake in Repsol Sinopec Resources UK to Repsol.
- Advising FTSE-100 company Coca-Cola HBC AG on its acquisition of Brown-Forman Finland Oy, owner of the Finlandia vodka brand, from Brown-Forman.
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