News About Simmons & Simmons

Hausfeld advises as CAT greenlights £7bn collective action against Google

Opt out claim alleges 65 million consumers were impacted by anti-competitive practices in mobile search

26 Nov 2024

Simmons PEP pushes past £1m as turnover grows 10% to £574m

PEP rises 7% to £1,076k after flatlining in FY23

24 Jul 2024

From Braverman to Starmer: the many lawyers seeking election to the UK Parliament

Ben Rigby runs the rule over a selection of the nearly 200 lawyers vying for votes in today’s general election

3 Jul 2024

Simmons & Simmons adds technology quartet from Deloitte Legal, Goodwin Procter

Group led by former Deloitte Legal UK head of legal advisory Andrew Joint joins firm’s digital business group in London

4 Jun 2024

Simmons & Simmons expands in Ireland with banking partner hire from DLA Piper

Kate Curneen will join the firm’s financial markets team in Dublin

19 Feb 2024

Simmons & Simmons announces Saudi Arabia debut

UK firm adds former DLA Piper partner and his team to open third Middle East office in Riyadh

24 Jan 2024

Standard Chartered’s GC Okoro sets up diversity taskforce with quartet of legal advisers

A&O, Eversheds Sutherland, Simmons and Sullivan will join bank in seeking ways of “improving opportunities for minority talent”

15 Dec 2023

Simmons doubles revenue growth rate to 12% but PEP holds steady

Turnover hits £521m but PEP remains constant at £1m

13 Jul 2023

'Change the rules, change the culture, change the lived experience'

A selection of influential women based in the UK reflect on the legal profession's diversity challenges and how to overcome them

8 Mar 2023

TLT and Simmons & Simmons partner with Barclays to launch joint training contracts

Scheme intended to widen access to the legal sector will give trainees experience at a law firm and in-house

9 Feb 2023

Herbert Smith Freehills secures Simmons & Simmons team to launch Italy private equity and capital markets practice

Partner Augusto Santoro joins with four more lawyers in Milan to broaden HSF's corporate offering for Italian market

7 Feb 2023

Simmons & Simmons points to international expansion as revenue rises 6% to £465m

PEP tops £1m for the first time as London firm highlights investment in Germany and Silicon Valley

13 Jul 2022

Simmons & Simmons hires new global ESG head from Morgan Stanley in London

Sonali Siriwardena was head of sustainability regulation at the bank’s investment management arm

21 Apr 2022