Simmons & Simmons

Simmons & Simmons

Infobox Company
company_name = Simmons & Simmons
company_
company_type = Partnership
foundation = London (1896)
location = London, with 20 other offices worldwide
industry = Law
products = Legal advice
num_employees = over 2,000
homepage = [http://www.simmons-simmons.com www.simmons-simmons.com]

Simmons & Simmons is a leading worldclass international law firm with over 2,000 people and 20 offices located in major business and financial centres throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Its largest office is located in CityPoint, off Moorgate in London, where almost half its legal staff are based. It has 19 other offices throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and is a fully global firm.

It undertakes significant cross-border and highly complex transactions alongside its more local work. The bulk of its revenues derive from the work done by its corporate and financial markets departments, and it has particular experience working for financial institutions and in the technology, life sciences and energy and utility sectors. Its work on the acquisition and immediate accelerated IPO of Northumbrian Water Group earned it the top M&A awards from both [http://www.thelawyer.com The Lawyer] and [http://www.legalweek.com Legal Week] in 2004 for the ground-breaking use of its "virtual bidder" concept. Many more awards have followed.

Simmons & Simmons currently acts for a range of clients including Shell, UBS, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, and the British Government. In 2005 it acted for Telefonica on its £17.7bn acquisition of O2, the largest transaction in the telecoms sector since 2000.

The current senior partner is [http://www.simmons-simmons.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=offices.people_bio&person_id=60240&page=337 David Dickinson] and the managing partner is [http://www.simmons-simmons.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=offices.people_bio&person_id=60138&page=326 Mark Dawkins] . The firm was awarded "Management Team of the Year 2007" by the Lawyer magazine in the UK.

Simmons & Simmons was the first law firm to offer free legal know how through its award winning online legal resource when [http://www.elexica.com elexica] was launched in 1999. The service has won numerous legal awards. The amount of material that can be accessed on elexica depends on the business relationship the viewer has with the firm.

Simmons & Simmons has spent 15 years building a collection of art from modern British and international artists. It has a policy of supporting young artists at the beginning of their careers by acquiring significant work The offices in London are home to several works by Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin.

Offices worldwide

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External links

* [http://www.simmons-simmons.com Simmons & Simmons Homepage]
* [http://www.elexica.com elexica - the award-winning, free online legal resource created by leading international law firm Simmons & Simmons]


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