Simmons & Simmons : The Legal 500 Rankings
Simmons & Simmons have been going through a period of growth. For coverage of the firm’s ‘threatened revival’, see LB’s interview with the Simmons’ leadership.
Africa
Morocco
➊ Foreign firms
Asia-Pacific, 2018
China
➋ Labour and employment: Foreign firms
➋ TMT: Foreign firms
➌ Intellectual property: Foreign firms
➌ Projects and energy: Foreign firms
➍ Banking and finance: Foreign firms
➍ Corporate and M&A: Foreign firms
➎ Dispute resolution: Foreign firms
Hong Kong
➊ Investment funds
➊ Labour and employment
➋ Regulatory
➌ Capital markets: Debt
➌ Dispute resolution: Litigation
➌ Projects and energy
➍ Banking and finance: Banking and finance
➍ Corporate (including M&A)
➍ Insurance
➍ TMT
➎ Capital markets: Equity
Japan
➌ Corporate and M&A: International firms and joint ventures
➌ Projects and energy: International firms and joint ventures
Singapore
➋ Investment funds: Foreign firms
➋ Labour and employment: Local firms
➌ Banking and finance: Foreign firms
➍ Energy: Foreign firms
➍ Projects and energy: Foreign firms
Europe, 2018
Belgium
➋ Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences
France
➊ Industry focus: healthcare and
life sciences
➊ Other recommended firms
➋ Dispute resolution: stock-market litigation
➋ Industry focus: energy
➋ Other recommended firms
➍ EU, competition and distribution
Germany
➋ Banking and finance: Investment funds
➌ Intellectual property: Patent litigation
➍ Compliance
➍ Corporate and M&A: M&A: mid-sized international deals (€100m-€500m)
➎ Real estate and construction: real estate
➏ Employment
➏ Tax
Italy
➊ Other recommended firms
➋ Banking and finance: bank regulatory
➋ Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences
➋ Investment funds
➌ Capital markets: Debt
➌ Dispute resolution
➌ Employment
➌ Industry focus: luxury goods
➌ Private equity
➍ Banking and finance: borrower side
➍ Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
➍ Commercial, corporate and M&A
➎ Restructuring and insolvency
Netherlands
➊ Industry focus: food and beverages
➋ Banking and finance: asset finance and structured finance
➋ Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory
➋ Capital markets: debt
➋ Dispute resolution: commercial litigation
➋ Fraud and white-collar crime
➋ Project finance and PFI
➌ Banking and finance: borrower side
➌ Capital markets: equity
➌ Construction
➌ Dispute resolution: arbitration
➌ Energy: Transactional
➌ Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences
➌ Intellectual property: Patents
➌ Intellectual property: Trade marks, copyrights and design rights
➌ Private equity
➌ Real estate
➌ Tax
➍ Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
➍ Commercial, corporate and M&A
➍ Employment
➍ Industry focus: media and entertainment
➍ Investment funds
Spain
➌ Capital markets: debt
➌ Restructuring and insolvency
➍ Dispute resolution
➍ Employment
➎ Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
➎ Commercial, corporate and M&A
➎ Real estate and construction
Middle East, 2018
Qatar
➊ Foreign firms
Saudi Arabia
➋ Banking and finance
➌ Capital markets
➌ Real estate and construction
➍ Commercial, corporate and M&A
➍ Dispute resolution
➍ Projects and energy
United Arab Emirates
➋ Investment funds
➋ TMT
➌ Intellectual property
➍ Construction
➍ Dispute resolution: arbitration and international litigation
➎ Banking and finance
➏ Commercial, corporate and M&A
United Kingdom, 2019
London
➊ Crime, fraud and licensing: Fraud: civil
➊ Finance: Derivatives and structured products
➊ Finance: Trade finance
➊ Human resources: Employment: employers and senior executives
➊ Investment fund formation and management: Hedge funds
➊ Risk advisory: Regulatory investigations and corporate crime
➊ TMT (technology, media and telecoms): Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
➋ Corporate and commercial: Financial services: contentious
➋ Corporate and commercial: Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
➋ Corporate and commercial: Flotations: small and mid-cap
➋ Corporate and commercial: VAT and indirect tax
➋ Dispute resolution: Banking litigation: investment and retail
➋ Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
➋ Dispute resolution: Tax litigation and investigations
➋ Finance: Debt capital markets
➋ Finance: Emerging markets
➋ Finance: Securitisation
➋ Insurance: Professional negligence
➋ Investment fund formation and management: Retail funds
➋ Projects, energy and natural resources: Oil and gas
➋ Projects, energy and natural resources: Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
➋ Real estate: Commercial property: investment
➋ Real estate: Property finance
➋ TMT (technology, media and telecoms): Fintech
➋ TMT (technology, media and telecoms): IT and telecoms
➌ Corporate and commercial: Corporate tax
➌ Corporate and commercial: Equity capital markets
➌ Corporate and commercial: Partnership
➌ Crime, fraud and licensing: Fraud: white-collar crime
➌ Dispute resolution: Competition litigation
➌ Dispute resolution: International arbitration
➌ Dispute resolution: Public international law
➌ Finance: Commodities: derivatives
➌ Human resources: Employee share schemes
➌ Insurance: corporate and regulatory
➌ Insurance: Product liability: defendant
➌ Investment fund formation and management: Listed funds
➌ Projects, energy and natural resources: Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)
➌ Projects, energy and natural resources: Mining and minerals
➌ Real estate: Commercial property: development
➌ Real estate: Commercial property: hotels and leisure
➌ Real estate: Environment
➌ TMT (technology, media and telecoms): Brand management
➌ TMT (technology, media and telecoms): Intellectual property
➌ Transport: Rail
➍ Corporate and commercial: EU and competition
➍ Finance: Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
➍ Human resources: Pensions (non-contentious)
➍ Insurance and reinsurance litigation
➍ Investment fund formation and management: Private funds
➍ Public sector: Healthcare
➍ Real estate: Construction: contentious
➍ Real estate: Construction: non-contentious
➍ Risk advisory: Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
➎ Corporate and commercial: M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £250m+
➎ Corporate and commercial: Private equity: transactions – high-value deals
➎ Corporate and commercial: Venture capital
➎ Finance: Acquisition finance
➎ Real estate: Property litigation
➎ Risk advisory: Reputation management
➏ Finance: Corporate restructuring and insolvency