Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

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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