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• Simmons & Simmons recognised as top UK firm for lesbians gays and bisexuals

  Jan 17 2011 Simmons & Simmons has been recognised as the UK's top law firm for lesbians, gays and bisexuals, and 19th place overall, in Stonewall's 2011 ranking of top employers.... more

• Simmons appoints head of new Beijing office

  Jun 18 2010 Simmons & Simmons has appointed the head of its new Beijing office - Davis Wang of Chinese firm King & Wood. The Beijing office is set to become the hub of the firm’s... more

• Law firms benefit as clients suffer post-Lehman jitters

  Oct 13 2008 City law firms reported unprecedented levels of activity in the last two weeks of September as financial institutions called on their legal advisers... more

• Simmons hires former Freshfields counsel Eric Milne in Dubai

  Sep 08 2008 Simmons & Simmons has strengthened its Middle East practice by adding former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer counsel Eric Milne as a partner in Dubai. Milne will head... more

• Simmons & Simmons strengthens Asia ADR practice with new Hong Kong partner

  Jul 29 2008 To boost the support for Asian clients who are increasingly investing in the Middle East and Middle Eastern clients who are looking to do business in Asia, Simmons &... more

• City sackings - Are firms dressing up redundancies as performance-related?

  Jul 04 2008 Associates at the likes of Linklaters, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Eversheds and Simmons & Simmons are all complaining about unexpectedly poor appraisals... more

• Record results from UK law firms - Allen & Overy breaks £1bn

  Jul 04 2008 Allen & Overy's figures show a 15% rise in turnover to £1.016 billion. RollOnFriday has published a detailed list of law firms which have posted double digit... more

• Simmons' PEP surges 22% to near £650k

  Jun 27 2008 Simmons & Simmons has boosted its profits per equity partner (PEP) by more than £100,000 over the last financial year, with the top 10 City outfit this year posting... more

• Simmons' Tokyo office plundered by Lovells

  Jun 10 2008 Lovells has inherited Simmons & Simmons' Tokyo office as Simmons scales back its international ambitions. Simmons had been reviewing its Japanese operation for six... more

• Indian law colleges: International law firms pick cream of the crop

  May 14 2008 The placement period at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore won't end for another month. But the batch of 80 students in the final year have... more

• Ashurst and Simmons & Simmons turnover up

  May 12 2008 Ashurst has posted a 17% increase in turnover to smash through the £300m barrier, joining top 10 City rival Simmons & Simmons in announcing a double-digit increase in... more

• Top city law firms convert to LLPs

  May 08 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Macfarlanes and Hammonds have become the latest law firms to convert to limited liability partnership (LLP) status. All three firms... more

• Simmons promotes 18 to partner; most since 2004

  May 08 2008 Simmons & Simmons has announced a bumper promotions round the day after releasing record financial results, with 18 new partners making the grade. Outside the UK,... more

• Lovells Promotions plunge to 18

  Apr 12 2008 Lovells has promoted 18 associates to its partnership, a significant drop on last year's bumper crop of 31. The year before that the firm promoted 18. As with most... more

• Clifford Chance and Simmons clinch £13bn fleet deal

  Mar 29 2008 Simmons & Simmons and Clifford Chance advised on the £13bn deal to replace the RAF air-to-air refuelling fleet, one of the UK’s largest ever PFI projects. The Future... more

• Linklaters launches Dutch insolvency team with Simmons

  Feb 06 2008 Linklaters has launched a restructuring and insolvency practice in the Netherlands with the hire of a Simmons & Simmons partner. Corporate recovery lawyer Paul Kuipers... more

• Firms Hungry for More Lawyers in Russia

  Jan 06 2008 Although Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has been in Moscow since 1992, its office in the Russian capital is still rather modest. Around 30 attorneys handle a... more

• Firms Hungry for More Lawyers in Russia

  Jan 06 2008 Although Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has been in Moscow since 1992, its office in the Russian capital is still rather modest. Around 30 attorneys handle a... more