Winston & Strawn makes double partner hire from Simmons in aviation finance boost Legal Business US firm Winston & Strawn has swooped on City rival Simmons & Simmons to take aviation finance duo Mark Moody…
KWM and Simmons clock poor retention rates as Eversheds hits 100% Legal Business The rough and tumble of trainee retention season offers contrasting images to future lawyers as Eversheds keeps on all eight…
Asia round-up: HFW enters association in Shanghai as Simmons hires former Dentons head for Singapore Legal Business Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) and Simmons & Simmons have made moves to boost their presence in Asia, with HFW entering…
Simmons cited in Panama Papers leak after working with Mossack Fonseca Legal Business City law firm Simmons & Simmons has been named in the Panama Papers leak, after 11.5 million confidential documents were leaked…
Abu Dhabi exodus continues as Simmons becomes the latest major firm to pull out Tom Moore With many major law firms losing money in the Middle East after overinvesting during the oil boom in the 2000s,…
Simmons & Simmons creates general counsel position to ‘prevent unpleasant surprises’ Legal Business City firm Simmons & Simmons has created a general counsel (GC) post, filled by UK employment chief Simon Watson, to…
Asia insight: Anti-corruption – Hunting dragons Legal Business Following our report last year on anti-corruption investigations in Asia, we teamed up with Simmons & Simmons to host a…
Quinn Emanuel and Simmons win for Blackstone fund and Barclays in first financial list decision Legal Business Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Simmons & Simmons have beat Stephenson Harwood in the first judgment delivered on the…
Simmons & Simmons to quit Abu Dhabi as firm consolidates in the Middle East Legal Business Simmons & Simmons is the latest firm to shake up operations in the Middle East, closing its Abu Dhabi office…
‘Tight controls’: LLP filings show strict financial management helps boost Simmons profitability Tom Moore Benefitting from a resurgence of financial work in the City in 2014/15, Simmons & Simmons acted prudently to boost its…
‘I’m less and less keen on the generalists’: Simmons posts modest half-year revenue rise as firm targets high-growth sectors Legal Business Reduced commercial activity has slowed growth at Simmons & Simmons after a record-breaking 2014/15, with the firm reporting a modest…
Simmons & Simmons picked to defend RBS against £800m rate-rigging claim Tom Moore The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has instructed Simmons & Simmons to defend a £800m claim from former Sheffield lawyer…
The end of the tunnel – litigation and regulatory challenges in financial services Anthony Notaras Legal Business teamed up with Simmons & Simmons to discover how financial institutions are coping with the twin threats of…
‘Wholly unacceptable’: Simmons & Simmons advises as Barclays hit with record FCA fine Legal Business Barclays turned to Simmons & Simmons for advice during a recent Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) inquiry into deals for wealthy…
The Disputes Yearbook: Simmons’ Passmore on the flow on effects of Three Rivers Legal Business In June this year, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal held that the English Court of Appeal decision in Three…
Dealwatch: Magic Circle firms lead on major City broking merger Tom Moore Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy (A&O) are orchestrating a tie-up between two of the City’s most storied brokers, Icap…
Legal privilege: the ripples flow on still from Three Rivers Legal Business Colin Passmore assesses a key ruling in the increasingly contentious area of legal privilege. In June this year, the Hong…
Hard graft – The pan-Europe bribery crackdown Legal Business As European agencies turn up the heat on bribery and corruption, we team up with Simmons & Simmons to assess…
Case Study: Simmons & Simmons Legal Business Life for a financial services-heavy law firm competing with larger rivals was always going to be challenging after the banking…
Barclays exits continue as M&A legal chief departs for Simmons & Simmons Legal Business Barclays’ M&A chief, Khasruz Zaman, is set to exit the banking giant after a decade in its Canary Wharf HQ…
