FTInsight April/May 2016

Herbert Smith Freehills
in numbers
• 25 off ices across Asia- Pacif ic, EMEA and North America
• More than 3,000 lawyers worldwide
• 470 partners
• Eighth largest law f irm in the world by lawyers
• Ranked f irst across the legal professional directories across a full
range of practice areas
Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone, The Times CEO Summit Africa, March 2012:
[O]ur governments need help getting the best deal. As president, it is disheartening to get to the negotiating
table and find yourself confronted by a phalanx of lawyers and accountants on one side of the table
outnumbering your own side ten to one. In Sierra Leone, we have benefited immensely from generous pro-bono
support from the London law firm, Herbert Smith.
Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, UK Attorney General in a speech at Chatham House, July 2013:
…there is clearly a lot of good work going on among British law firms. In terms of international pro bono work,
Herbert Smith Freehills have been identified among the market leaders in London, in offering more than £1
million of billable time to the government of Sierra Leone, in what must be one of the most laudable examples of
international pro bono work in the City today.
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Tony Blair, Founder of the Africa Governance Initiative, August 2012:
I was delighted that Herbert Smith established this programme with GoSL. I know that their support is proving
to be a powerful tool in helping GoSL deliver the kind of sustainable, broad-based economic growth that will lift
people out of poverty.
Invest Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone’s only annual investment forum, is a collaboration between Herbert Smith Freehills, Freetown Insight and the
Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SLIEPA).
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