Profile: Herbert Smith is a London-based law firm. With $844,500,000 in gross revenue for fiscal year 2007, the firm ranked 31st on the 2008 Global 100 rankings of the top law firms in the world. The firm has 979 lawyers. The firm has ten offices worldwide. About a third of Herbert Smith's lawyers practice outside the United Kingdom in eight countries, including Thailand, China, Belgium, Russia, and France. The firm's practice is divided into three primary departments: corporate, finance and banking, and dispute resolution. Related practice areas include entertainment and media, mergers and acquisitions, debt capital markets, project finance, arbitration, intellectual property, and international law.The January 2004 issue of The American Lawyer named Herbert Smith as the U.K.'s outstanding litigation firm.