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Herbert Smith LLP was a multinational law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The firm was founded in the City of London in 1882 by Norman Herbert Smith and merged with the Australian law firm Freehills on 1 October 2012, forming Herbert Smith Freehills.〔Bloomberg (2012). (Herbert Smith To Merge With Freehills, Open In New York ). Retrieved 28 June 2012.〕 At the time of the merger it had 13 offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia,〔(Herbert Smith LLP - a leading and full-service international legal practice - Locations )〕 around 240 partners and 1,300 fee-earners. It was regarded as forming part of the "Silver Circle" of leading British law firms. ==History== Herbert Smith was founded by Norman Herbert Smith in 1882. Edward Walker-Arnott took over as senior partner in 1992. In 2000 Herbert Smith formed an alliance with German law firm Gleiss Lutz. Herbert Smith, Gleiss Lutz and the Dutch law firm Stibbe formed a tripartite alliance in 2002. In April 2009 Herbert Smith opened an office in Madrid, Spain after recruiting three partners from Linklaters. In 2009, Herbert Smith had total revenues of £444 million and profits per equity partner (PEP) of £845,000. In 2010, the firm's revenues were £450 million and PEP was £862,000.〔(UK 200 Revenue Table 2010 - ''The Lawyer'' )〕 In November 2010 Herbet Smith announced that it would be opening an office in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to perform litigation due diligence tasks. In November 2011 partners at Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe voted against a merger with Herbert Smith. The alliance between Herbert Smith, Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe was subsequently ended on 31 December 2011. In February 2012, Herbert Smith entered merger discussion with the Australian law firm Freehills. Partners at both firms voted in favour of the merger in June 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herbert Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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