Simmons & Simmons

Simmons & Simmons is an international law firm who specialise in providing advice to financial institutions and corporate, public and international bodies. The firm has 20 offices in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Russia.

The firm employs over 1,000 legal staff worldwide, including more than 220 partners.

Work areas

Simmons & Simmons has a particular focus on clients within the following industries: Energy & Infrastructure; Financial Institutions; Life Sciences; and Technology.

Lawyers at the firm can specialise in the following areas: Corporate & Commercial; Information, Communications & Technology; Dispute Resolution; Employment & Benefits; EU, Competition & Regulatory; Financial Markets; IP; Projects; Real Estate; Taxation and Pensions.

Clients

Simmons & Simmons regularly acts for all of the top 10 leading investment banks in the City of London and acts on behalf of five of the world’s 10 largest hedge funds. Around half of the current FTSE 100 companies are current clients.

Recent Work

Large deals Simmons & Simmons has recently been involved in include:

• Telefonica’s €25.2bn bid for O2 (2005)
• E.ON’s €29.1bn bid for Endesa (2006)
• €25bn merger of Essent and Nuon (2007)

Internation Offices

The firm has offices in: Abu Dhabi - Amsterdam - Brussels - Dubai - Düsseldorf - Frankfurt - Hong Kong - Lisbon - London - Madeira - Madrid - Milan - Moscow - Padua - Paris - Qatar - Rome - Rotterdam - Shanghai - Tokyo

UK Office

CityPoint
One Ropemaker Street
London
EC2Y 9SS

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