Sweeney will begin in his new post on 1 August for a three-year term. He takes over the reins from corporate partner Veronica O’Shea, who has managed the firm’s
Sweeney has been a partner at Herbert Smith since 2003, having joined the firm in 1994. From 2001 to 2003 he was based in the firm’s
In his new role, Sweeney will report to Herbert Smith’s head of
Sweeney’s move means the office – which was launched in 1995 – now has 21 lawyers, including six partners, advising on corporate and commercial work, capital markets and structured finance, projects and dispute resolution.
In April the firm hired former Linklaters managing associate Richard Nelson as a partner – the firm’s first energy and infrastructure partner in