With more than 1,000 fee earners across 27 offices, top-tier firm Herbert Smith Freehills has one of the biggest dispute resolution teams in the world. The team is widely recognised for its strengths in all range of disputes, particularly exceptional in the areas of government and regulatory, intellectual property and class action. The firm often wins mandates on some of the largest, most complex and important dispute cases in Australia.
The firm has the highest number of star litigators in the market including Damian Grave, Juliana Warner, Jason Betts, Luke Hastings, Andrew Eastwood and Anna Sutherland. Grave is singled out for his expertise in commercial and class action disputes. Both Betts and Hastings are recognised specialists in class actions and regulatory issues. Sue Gilchrist is a key individual for IP litigation.
In one particular case, the firm acted for an individual in relation to the Australian market’s very first ASIC (Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy - Regulatory Costs) supervisory and enforcement action and now court proceedings against an issuer of credit cards under the new design and distribution regulatory regime. The firm acted for the distributor of the DJ Amex cards and successfully excluded them from the action.
The firm’s recent client roster includes Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, BT Funds Management, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank and Suncorp-Metway.
