Herbert Smith Freehills’ EMEA managing partner Nina Bowyer and Milan managing partner Laura Orlando have risen up the ranks to become leader at HSF, helping steer the firm through a tricky economic climate.

Bowyer, a Paris-based energy partner, has been at HSF for more than 20 years, while joint global IP-head Orlando joined the firm nearly six years ago having spent several years at firms including Simmons & Simmons.