DECEMBER 2023
JANUARY 2025
Global M&A Outlook 2025: Gaining Altitude
Our Global M&A Outlook 2025 reflects on the efforts required to launch deals in 2024, and the anticipation of a surge of activity in 2025.
FEBRUARY 2025
New Luxembourg office opens
Our new Luxembourg office is now officially open. The Luxembourg office further strengthens our private capital capability.
FIRM HIGHLIGHTS TIMELINE
Global FSR Outlook 2025: Perpetual Motion
‘Perpetual motion’ aptly describes how the financial services community feels as we look at the continuously evolving geopolitical, technological and socio-economic landscape. In this, our annual Global FSR Outlook, we discuss how companies can effectively adapt to, and plan for, the complexities of this ever-changing environment.
Global M&A Outlook 2025: Gaining Altitude - Regional perspectives
Our journey through the world of mergers and acquisitions continues with the launch of our regional perspectives. We analyse the trends shaping dealmaking around the world.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
NEXT
MARCH 2025
Global M&A Outlook 2025: Gaining Altitude - Sector perspectives
Our journey through the world of mergers and acquisitions continues with the launch of our sector perspectives.
Celebrating Connections: Our Alumni Talent Network
The firm hosted a networking evening for members of our Alumni Network, which connects our former lawyers, paralegals and legal operations professionals with opportunities to return to the firm to help deliver topquality legal work to our clients. To deliver the Alumni Talent Network platform, the firm has partnered with Elevate, a Chambers Band 1 Alternative Legal Services Provider.
APRIL 2025
Announcing Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Following overwhelming approval from partners of both firms, we are delighted to announce we will be combining with US based Kramer Levin to create Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer.
MAY 2025
Happy Birthday Madrid
The firm celebrates the 15th anniversary of its Madrid office.
Senior partner
The partnership reappointed Rebecca Maslen-Stannage to continue as Chair and Senior Partner for another four-year term.
HSF AI Tracker: snapshot on AI law and policy around the world
With artificial intelligence (AI) policy and regulation evolving at an unprecedented pace, we need to efficiently understand and monitor changes in law across key jurisdictions. We have launched the HSF AI Tracker. Free to access, our tracker provides a snapshot of AI regulation, initially in 12 jurisdictions across UK, Europe, Asia, and Australia, with others to be added in due course. Curated by our AI lawyers across practices and offices, the tool delivers a country-by-country overview that is updated regularly to reflect key legal developments.
JUNE 2025
Happy Birthday Tokyo
The firm celebrates the 25th anniversary of its Tokyo office.
HSF Kramer Environment Week
To celebrate World Environment Day on 5 June 2025, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer held an Environment Week – a week to learn more about sustainability and celebrate the natural world.
Celebrating Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
This is a very exciting month. It’s our first as Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. With some 6,000 people across 26 offices, HSF Kramer is among the world’s top law firms – and we have established a robust global platform for future investment and expansion.
AI Tracker – Tracking AI law and policy globally
Tracking where law, reg and policy meets machine learning.
DealMakers: Private M&A Report Australia 2025
This exclusive report unpacks a sample of over 60 private M&A transactions led by our dealmakers— offering data-driven insights into a dynamic year of strategic execution, sector shifts, and evolving deal structures.
JULY 2025
AUGUST 2025
Firm awarded gold standard for LGBTQ+ inclusion
The firm has been awarded ‘Gold’ employer status by Stonewall, the UK’s leading LGBTQ+ rights charity, as part of their Top Global Employers scheme. It is the seventh time HSF Kramer has been identified as an exemplar.
Firm joins the Domestic Abuse Response Alliance
The firm’s London office has officially joined the Domestic Abuse Response Alliance (DARA), a collaborative project between 11 leading law firms giving crucial pro bono legal advice and representation to survivors of domestic abuse.
Online safety: A global regulatory overview
This overview simplifies online safety in a fragmented global regulatory landscape.
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2025
The prestigious painting competition returns for 2025. Artist Moira Cameron has won this year’s award for her self-portrait A Life Lived.The Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award (National Portrait Gallery, London) celebrates the very best in contemporary portraiture and is one of the most important platforms for portrait painters today.
Neurodiversity mentoring programme
The firm has teamed up with Nurturing Neurodivergence to launch a mentoring programme designed to equip neurodivergent individuals with the tools and strategies they may need to successfully navigate the workplace.
Built to last: The resilient infrastructure challenge
What needs to be done to infrastructure today to ensure it survives the pressures of tomorrow.
Global ESG Tracker wins African Legal Tech Award 2025
These prestigious awards celebrate individuals, law firms, startups, and organisations that are “driving innovation, enhancing access to justice, and transforming legal services through cutting-edge technology.” The global ESG tracker (which was launched in 2024), has stood out for its ability to help businesses stay ahead of fast-moving ESG regulations and reporting requirements, including developments in climate-related disclosures, human rights, labour standards, and nature and biodiversity.
SEPTEMBER 2025
OCTOBER 2024
NOVEMBER 2024
BACK TO START
London & Belfast offices welcome first solicitor apprentices
As part of the firm’s commitment to broadening access to a career in law, we welcomed the first cohort of solicitor apprentices to our London and Belfast offices.
Happy Anniversary Indonesia
The firm celebrates the 25th anniversary of its association with HBT.
Our New York office
This month marks a new chapter for our New York team following their co-location at 1177 Avenue of the Americas over the weekend. Having everyone in one place marks another significant milestone in our global and regional integration plans. Paul Schoeman and Scott Balber, New York Office Managing Partners, said: “We are pleased to have everyone in New York under one roof, working even more closely together as one team. This is an important milestone – and an exciting step. As we move ahead as one HSF Kramer New York, we’ll be focusing sharply on our clients, our people and our firm.”
