One up, one out: Simmons promotes finance partner as it loses another to Squire Patton Boggs
Squire Patton Boggs has hired Simmons & Simmons‘ acquisition finance partner John Hayward as it sets out to expand its…
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‘Doing more for the large clients’: Simmons & Simmons posts 8% rise in revenue
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
Simmons & Simmons’ partnership re-elected Jeremy Hoyland as managing partner after an uncontested election, seeing him begin a second four-year term on…
Partner exits pile up: Edwards Wildman loses leading Hong Kong insurance partner to Simmons & Simmons
Having been plagued with a series of partner departures from London, Edwards Wildman Palmer has now taken a hit to…
‘More flexible models’: Simmons launches contract lawyer service with Adaptive
Simmons & Simmons has become the latest firm to jump on the innovation bandwagon with the launch of a high-end…
Life During Law: Jeremy Hoyland
I always wanted to be an architect. Unfortunately I’m very messy and that’s a bad combination. Building useful things, such…
Asia: Simmons & Simmons launches Beijing IP agency as Bakers hires from Magic Circle firms in HK push
Simmons & Simmons has created a specialist trade mark practice in China, hiring George Chan as a partner from Asia…
Simmons & Simmons forms Africa alliance with Fasken Martineau
Top-20 UK firm Simmons & Simmons has become the latest firm to establish a presence in Africa, by forming an…
Simmons & Simmons expands in Saudi Arabia
Top 20 UK firm Simmons & Simmons is set to expand in Saudi Arabia through the opening of a new…
‘We’re all struggling with how to capitalise on changes in the global marketplace’ – Simmons’ Hoyland points to Asia for growth
After announcing a return to form financially, with both revenue and profits up for 2013/14, Simmons & Simmons managing partner…
Revolving Doors: DLA hires in France and the US; Simmons grows Bristol; Gibson Dunn expands in Beijing and Hong Kong
International expansion last week saw DLA Piper hire Holman Fenwick Willan’s (HFW) Paris head of tax Hervé Israël and bolster its…
Financial results 2013/14: Ashurst unveils post-merger turnover of £586m and PEP of £801k as Simmons reveals return to growth
Ashurst has unveiled its first post-merger financial results, boasting revenues of £586m and a profit per equity partner (PEP) of £801,000.…
Ashurst finance partner Simon Thrower latest to leave with move to Simmons
Ashurst finance partner Simon Thrower has quit to join Simmons & Simmons’ City practice within days of the announcement that corporate…
Revolving Doors: HSF’s Rosen QC returns to the Bar; laterals for Weil Gotshal; Simmons; Rosenblatt and Payne Hicks
The latest standout lateral moves have seen Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF) former advocacy chief Murray Rosen QC return to the Bar,…
Revolving Doors: Strategic UK hires for Irwin Mitchell; Simmons; Speechly and Winckworth Sherwood
A series of lateral hires across the UK last week saw Irwin Mitchell take on a trio of commercial litigation…
Revolving Doors: White & Case disputes partner joins the Bar as McGuireWoods; Covington and Simmons make key hires
The latest standout lateral moves have seen White & Case litigator Paul Cowen return to the Bar as McGuireWoods expands its…
Partner promotions: Simmons adds eight new partners, half in London
Simmons & Simmons has promoted eight lawyers to its partnership ranks, just one more than the top-20 LB100 firm made…
The end of the pipeline: Herbert Smith Freehills and Simmons advise AO on float to attain $1bn market cap
A healthy pipeline of London Stock Exchange listings has seen Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) advise online appliances website AO on…
Revolving doors: Bird & Bird, Bond Dickinson and Simmons all make lateral moves
The appetite shown by global elite firms to hire laterally at the start of the year has spread wider in…
Positive financials continue as Simmons & Simmons posts an 8% increase in H1 revenues
Top-20 Legal Business 100 firm Simmons & Simmons has reported an 8% increase in revenues for the half year (H1)…