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Disputes round-up: Simmons wins Petrofac mandate as White & Case makes key regulatory hire

Serious Fraud Office
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Tom Baker
29 November 2018
DisputesDispute resolution

Simmons & Simmons has landed a major Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation mandate at the expense of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Simmons’ crime, fraud and investigations head Stephen Gentle and partner Nick Benwell have been enlisted to defend oil and gas company Petrofac in the SFO probe, taking on the mandate from Freshfields.

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