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4 March 2025

Workplace Gender Equality Agency Gender Pay Gap Employer Statement 2025 for Australia

Our vision is to be a world-leading international law firm known for our insight and diverse perspectives. A high-performing culture of respect, …

4 March 2025

Herbert Smith Freehills advises Maurel & Prom on the acquisition of a 40% operating working interest in the Sinu-9 gas licence in Colombia

Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Etablissements Maurel & Prom S.A. (Maurel & Prom) on its agreement with NG Energy …

3 March 2025

Kramer Levin Advises Rithm Property Trust in Public Offering of 9.875% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock

Kramer Levin represented Rithm Property Trust Inc. (formerly known as Great Ajax Corp.) (NYSE: RPT) in the underwritten public offering of 2,000,000 …

28 February 2025

HSF advises EnergyAustralia on its development of a 350 MW/1400 MWh battery energy storage system in Latrobe Valley

Our energy and finance team advised EnergyAustralia on the development and project financing of the Wooreen Energy Storage system in Victoria.

27 February 2025

Herbert Smith Freehills advises Sumitomo Corporation on a strategic partnership with Enefit Green for the development of an offshore wind farm in the Gulf of Riga

Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Sumitomo Corporation, a Fortune Global 500 global integrated trading and business …

26 February 2025

Commercial Observer: Banks Teaming With Property Owners More on Mezzanine Loans for Projects

Real Estate partner Justin R. Quinn was quoted in a Commercial Observer article titled "Banks Teaming With Property Owners More on Mezzanine Loans for …

26 February 2025

Kramer Levin Represents Investment Manager in Issuance of Multifamily Structured Credit Risk Notes

Kramer Levin represented the investment manager in connection with a $279.3 million issuance of  Multifamily Structured Credit Risk Notes (“MSCR …

25 February 2025

Herbert Smith Freehills advises Avedon on the acquisition of Cumulocity

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Avedon Capital Partners on the acquisition of all shares in IoT platform provider Cumulocity GmbH from Software GmbH. …

24 February 2025

Herbert Smith Freehills boosts engineering and construction offering with director appointment in Johannesburg

Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has hired Spencer Naicker as a director in its Projects, Energy and Infrastructure (PEI) practice …

21 February 2025

Herbert Smith Freehills advises Anglo American on sale of nickel business for up to US$500 million

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Anglo American plc on the sale of its nickel business in Brazil, comprising two ferronickel operations and two high …

21 February 2025

Wall Street Journal: Can This Developer Make West Palm Beach Into the Hottest City in America?

Real Estate chair Jay A. Neveloff was quoted in a The Wall Street Journal article titled "Can This Developer Make West Palm Beach Into the Hottest City …

20 February 2025

Herbert Smith Freehills successfully defends private prosecution of senior executive of UK listed company

On 31 January 2025, the High Court quashed criminal proceedings which had been initiated by a private prosecutor against our client, Mr Tony Bates, five …