The Global Litigation Top 50: Geneva
Global litigation: it’s all about the money
Today sees the publication of The Lawyer’s annual Global Litigation Top 50, our annual analysis of which of the world’s largest firms are generating the most fee income from disputes. To put this into context, this is a $24.35bn market we’re talking about. Topping the charts this year with a total disputes revenue of $1.09bn […]
Herbert Smith Freehills names new Asia litigation head
Herbert Smith Freehills has named Tokyo managing partner Peter Godwin as the firm’s new regional head of disputes in Asia. Godwin will take over the role with immediate effect succeeding Gavin Lewis who quit to join Linklaters in September (16 August 2013). He will continue serving as the Tokyo managing partner alongside his practice leadership […]
HSF partners vote for modified lockstep in remuneration overhaul
Legacy Herbert Smith partners will abandon the firms rigid eight-year lockstep in favour of a merit-based pay system following the October 2012 merger with legacy Freehills, the firm said this morning. Partners have given the go-ahead to an aligned remuneration system by opting for a hybrid model of the two previous systems run by Freehills and […]