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…
Simmons & Simmons to shut Rome office as firm focuses on ‘doing it all out of Milan’ Legal Business Simmons & Simmons is set to shut its nine-partner office in Rome following a ‘detailed review’ and focus on clients…
City moves: Simmons builds construction team with Trowers’ disputes partner Legal Business Partner exits continue to mount in Trowers & Hamlins’ construction practice as City-based construction disputes partner Rob Horne moves on…
Taking the firm to the client – Simmons’ head argues that traditional rainmakers are gone Legal Business When I qualified (was it really 30 years ago?) I had this impression about how law firms worked. The partnership…
Taking the firm to the client – traditional rainmakers are gone Legal Business Simmons senior partner Colin Passmore argues a new breed of collaborators are the rainmakers of tomorrow When I qualified (was…
Financials 2014/15: Simmons returns to form with strongest-ever results Legal Business With its fortunes tied to its large financial services client base, Simmons & Simmons has brought to an end a…
Simmons breaks into growing legal product market with start-up tool targeting hedge funds Legal Business Seeking to turn the City’s next big hedge funds into clients, Simmons & Simmons has entered the growing legal product…
Dealwatch: US trio’s City teams take lead roles on GHG’s £1.5bn three-year debt restructuring alongside Simmons and CC Legal Business Teams at the London offices of Paul Hastings; Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy all took…
Revolving doors: Simmons welcomes back a partner from Cadwalader as Nabarro hires from McGuire Woods Michael West Last week saw a range of firms bolstering key practices areas with a capital markets partner returning to Simmons &…
Simmons & Simmons votes through new business plan targeting stronger US links and looking after the ‘crown jewels’ Legal Business In a unanimous vote, Simmons & Simmons has voted through a new three-year business plan with a focus on strengthening…
Partner promotions: Simmons makes up 13 partners in bumper round as Charles Russell Speechlys promotes five Tom Moore Continuing the trend of increased partner promotions this year, Simmons & Simmons has promoted 13 lawyers to partner in its…
Building the team: Proskauer Rose hires Simmons M&A partner as it targets City PE market Legal Business Matt Rees, an M&A partner at Simmons & Simmons focusing on private equity, has resigned from the firm to join…
One up, one out: Simmons promotes finance partner as it loses another to Squire Patton Boggs Legal Business Squire Patton Boggs has hired Simmons & Simmons‘ acquisition finance partner John Hayward as it sets out to expand its…
‘Doing more for the large clients’: Simmons & Simmons posts 8% rise in revenue Tom Moore Top-20 UK firm Simmons & Simmons has seen revenue rise 8% for the first six months of the 2014-15 financial year…
‘Naturally delighted’: Jeremy Hoyland re-elected as Simmons & Simmons managing partner Legal Business Simmons & Simmons’ partnership re-elected Jeremy Hoyland as managing partner after an uncontested election, seeing him begin a second four-year term on…
