Enjoying a reputation for going ‘above and beyond’ for its clients, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP draws on the capabilities of its competition, IP, pensions, and disputes teams, advising some of the biggest names in the sector on disputes, competition issues, regulatory investigations, contract negotiations, and transactions, among other matters. The team is co-headed by dual-qualified (UK and Belgium) Veronica Roberts, who leads on competition, regulation and trade issues helping clients on regulatory issues and has secured merger clearances for acquisitions and joint ventures in the UK, EU and worldwide. Sydney-based Kwok Tang advises on cloud services contracts, outsourcings and procurements, telecommunication agreements, media agreements, joint ventures and alliance arrangements. Fellow co-head Nick Pantlin advises public and private multi-jurisdictional clients, on data, IT and technology procurement matters. Hayley Brady advises media and digital companies on licensing, sponsorship, advertising and product expansion.
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  • ‘HSF has a strong cross functional TMT practice. They go above and beyond to reach out to clients and ensure that learning is shared even when not actively engaged. They have delivered a number of particularly useful training sessions in BD efforts. They have deep market understanding and an unrivalled ability to find the right person for the matter, identifying cross-practice issues.’

  • ‘Miriam Everett goes above and beyond as a relationship partner, putting her clients first and thinking thoughtfully about what actually matters to the client rather than going through the motions of BD. Nick Pantlin is always ready to help clients, through any issues.’

Kernmandanten

  • Comcast Corporation
  • Pearson
  • Uber
  • Meta
  • Apple
  • Amazon UK Services
  • Oneweb
  • R2 Semiconductor Inc
  • Virgin Media O2 UK Limited
  • Inmarsat

Highlight-Mandate

Representing R2 Semiconductor in UK High Court proceedings enforcing its patent against Intel relating to on-chip voltage regulators.
Acting for Meta in respect of an application for a Collective Proceedings Order (CPO) brought in the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).
Advised Uber in relation to its $400m sale of its stake in a newly created Careem "Super App" business unit.

Anwält*innen

Führende Partner*innen

Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.

Führende Associates

Führende Associates sind regelmäßig an zentralen Mandaten des Teams beteiligt und erhalten positives Feedback von Wettbewerbern oder Mandanten.

Praxisleitung

Veronica Roberts; Nick Pantlin; Hayley Brady

Weitere Kernanwält*innen

David Coulling; Jeremy Purton; Miriam Everett