Simmons & Simmons

Dispute resolution.

Ian is the firm’s General Counsel.

He was previously a partner in the firm’s dispute resolution practice, where he led the team acting for Sushovan Hussain, the former CFO of Autonomy Corporation in the defence of claims brought against him and the former CEO Dr Mike Lynch by Hewlett Packard This is the largest fraud claim ever brought against individual defendants in the English courts. He also led the team acting for Grant Thornton UK LLP in the successful defence of the claims brought against it by Vincent and Robert Tchenguiz, for which the team won both Legal Business Commercial Litigation Team of the Year and The Lawyer Litigation Team of the Year.

In addition to his commercial disputes practice, Ian advises a number of professional services firms on liability, risk and associated regulatory issues.

Trained Simmons & Simmons; qualified into litigation department 1988; partner 1998.