The listed funds team at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP is known as 'the "go-to" team in the sector', offering 'great sector knowledge alongside expertise in other matters which impact the listed fund sector'. Key names include the 'excellent' Nigel Farr, who is 'extremely knowledgeable and very easy to work with',  Tim West and Nish Dissanayake, as well as 'a very strong group of associates who work hard, understand the sector well and are commercially astute.'

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  • 'The team is able to to adapt to unique situations with ease.'
  • 'The "go-to" team in the sector.  The team have great sector knowledge alongside an awareness of, and access to, expertise in other matters which impact the listed fund sector. The team has long offered strong transactional legal advice, but also offer excellent and commercial advice on more day-to-day matters. Our firm has used them for many years and can't imagine going elsewhere.'
  • 'I have worked closely with Shantanu Naravane and Warwick Carless. Shantanu has great leadership skills and Warwick adapts very well to unique situations. I would recommend both of them.'
  • 'Nigel Farr is excellent - extremely knowledgeable and very easy to work with.'  
  • 'The partners I work with - Nigel Farr, Tim West and Nish Dissanayake - all offer considered, high quality advice to very short deadlines. The speed and accessibility of partner-level advice sets them apart.'
  • 'At the associate level, there is a very strong group of associates who work hard, understand the sector well and are commercially astute.'

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Practice head

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Tim West

Other key lawyers

Nigel Farr, Nish Dissanayake, Shantanu Naravene