Tom Lingard trained at Herbert Smith and spent over three years as an assistant in the IP litigation group there. In March 2007 he moved to Stevens & Bolton, a regional firm based in Guildford and we spoke to him about the change. mtl: Hi Tom, please can you tell us about working in the City? Tom: I trained at Herbert Smith and qualified into the IP group in 2003. I really enjoyed working there and after five years had made lots of friends within the firm. At about 2 yrs P