Herbert Smith
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"Herbert Smith LLP" was a Multinational corporation/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. At the time of the merger it had 13 offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, around 240 business partner/partners and 1,300 fee-earners. It was regarded as forming part of the "Silver Circle" of leading British law firms.

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I'm very surprised and very shocked. We were prepared to go to trial.

Kurt proposed the decriminalization of drugs and was pilloried. He wanted to start a national discussion, and he got national condemnation.

Sir Philip acted properly and in good faith at all times.

Sir Philip is disappointed by the tribunal's decision and we are giving careful consideration to the tribunal's reasoning. Sir Philip continues to believe that the FSA's factual findings in the final notice against Shell are flawed. Sir Philip acted properly and in good faith at all times.

They have litigated each other to a standstill and come to a commercial compromise.

I can only see the [energy] market expanding. As energy becomes more expensive there are going to be smaller players out there: with oil at $70 (£38) a barrel they can raise money for oil fields that are now economically viable.

We are really busy in Asia at the moment in M&A transactions and equity capital markets.

The banks are the big story [in China] at the moment but it is hard to appreciate how big the market is. We are going to see some big transactions in the future.

I think that conventional political wisdom was that there were high expectations with Mayor Schmoke going in. His tenure as mayor on a whole was disappointing, particularly with the continued deterioration of public schools and a substantial increase in crime.