Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has boosted its ranks in New York with the hire of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher global arbitration co-head Laurence Shore.

Shore originally joined legacy Herbert Smith’s London arm in 1995, becoming head of international arbitration at the firm in 2005 before leaving for Gibson Dunn’s arbitration practice in 2008. He became co-chair of the practice in the same year.