On 15 May 2023, Herbert Smith Freehills co-hosted London International Disputes Week’s inaugural International Arbitration Day, welcoming over 350 external guests to our London office. International Arbitration Day was a flagship arbitration event, showcasing the importance of London as a global arbitration centre. Herbert Smith Freehills was chosen as one of three LIDW member firms … Read more

This year’s London International Disputes Week (LIDW)’s International Arbitration Day will ‘follow the arbitration sun’ across key regions and jurisdictions, featuring keynote speeches and panels from some of the leading global figures from across the dispute resolution community. Herbert Smith Freehills are delighted to be a co-host of LIDW’s inaugural International Arbitration Day,  hosting a … Read more

Herbert Smith Freehills is delighted to be a sponsor of ‘The Energy Transition and Legal Challenges Conference’, taking place in London on Wednesday 15th March (between 09:00 – 18:00 GMT). **UPDATE 8 March 2023** Please note due to industrial action, this event has been postponed until further notice. For further information, please click here.  This … Read more

We are pleased to share with you the details of the upcoming Conference of the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA), taking place in Madrid on Thursday 16 March 2023 (from 09:00 CET). Read more

  44th FA MANN LECTURE PROFESSOR CAMPBELL MCLACHLAN KC – “FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW REVISITED” 30 November 2022 The Old Hall, Lincoln’s Inn, London The 44th of a series of annual lectures in honour of the late Dr FA Mann QC (Hon) (1907-1991) will take place in London on 30 November 2022. This series of lectures … Read more

Please join us at the Herbert Smith Freehills-SMU Asian Arbitration Lecture on Wednesday, 23 November 2022, 5:00 PM. This year’s lecture will be presented by Prof. Dr. Diane Desierto on the subject of “Human Rights, Environmental and Climate Change Law in the Substance and Procedure of International Arbitration“. Inter-State, investor-state and commercial arbitration in recent years has … Read more

We are pleased to announce that the annual Hong Kong Mediation Lecture will take place in hybrid format on Wednesday 9th November during Hong Kong Legal Week 2022. Co-organised with the Hong Kong Department of Justice, keynote speaker, The Honourable Mr Justice Johnson Lam Man-hon, Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal … Read more

With its theme “Dispute Resolution – Global, Sustainable, Ethical?” LIDW22 will take a critical look at the future of dispute resolution and its place in the post-pandemic world, through a series of events held both physically and virtually between 9 and 13 May. The programme for LIDW22 draws on current global issues driving the practice of dispute … Read more