Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Enjoying a reputation for going ‘above and beyond’ for its clients, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP draws on the capabilities of its competition, IP, pensions, and disputes teams, advising some of the biggest names in the sector on disputes, competition issues, regulatory investigations, contract negotiations, and transactions, among other matters. The team is co-headed by dual-qualified (UK and Belgium) Veronica Roberts, who leads on competition, regulation and trade issues helping clients on regulatory issues and has secured merger clearances for acquisitions and joint ventures in the UK, EU and worldwide. Sydney-based Kwok Tang advises on cloud services contracts, outsourcings and procurements, telecommunication agreements, media agreements, joint ventures and alliance arrangements. Fellow co-head Nick Pantlin advises public and private multi-jurisdictional clients, on data, IT and technology procurement matters. Hayley Brady advises media and digital companies on licensing, sponsorship, advertising and product expansion.