Herbert Smith Freehills

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP is a global law firm with headquarters in London, England, and Sydney, Australia. As of 2024, the firm was the 33rd largest by revenue. Its predecessor practice, Herbert Smith Freehills, was formed on 1 October 2012 by a merger between the United Kingdom-based Herbert Smith founded in 1882, then a member of the Silver Circle of leading UK law firms, and Freehills founded in 1852, one of the Big Six Australian law firms. A subsequent merger between Herbert Smith Freehills and American law firm Kramer Levin in 2025 resulted in the creation of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, making it one of the world's largest law firms by revenue and number of lawyers.