Stupidly, I’ve recently said a few times that Legal Week should work harder to represent the views of our subjects and to give them more of a right to reply – whether we agree with their views or not.

It sounds good in theory but, of course, takes a bit of effort to actually make happen. Still, one opportunity arose this week while working on a comment article that touched on Herbert Smith’s international strategy and partnership culture. Though the firm did take the time to talk to us, I felt that for reasons of time and space, we hadn’t been able to adequately convey their side in the commentary piece that appears in today’s edition of Legal Week.