A Year Like No Other
An interview with Matthew F. Herman
2020-2021 Insights From a Managing Partner
2020 was a challenging year for businesses across many sectors in the U.S., including in the legal industry. With the pandemic raging across the country, many offices and courthouses closed because of public health concerns, and law firms had to quickly shift to remote work while ensuring continuity in legal services. Hear from Matthew F. Herman, U.S. Managing Partner at Freshfields, on navigating a year like no other as he discusses managing operations and meeting client needs in a remote environment, adopting and embracing new technology, and focusing on the needs of legal and support staff.
About Matthew F. Herman
“Fundamentally, [the legal profession] is a storytelling profession. You do well as a lawyer by relating your client’s position, a point in the deal negotiation, an argument to a jury to a story.”
Matthew F. Herman is the US Managing Partner and the co-head of the global M&A practice at Freshfields. He advises corporations, financial sponsors and other financial intermediaries on their public and private M&A needs, whether the transaction entails assets in the US or US counterparties, or entails investments or acquisitions in high-growth markets. Matthew is a regular guest lecturer on M&A at many law schools, and has been a panelist at the Tulane Corporate Law Institute. He is also the only lawyer in the US to have been the lead partner on transactions recognized by the Financial Times in the first four years of their US Innovative Lawyer Awards.
