Simmons & Simmons

Jeremy is the managing partner of Simmons & Simmons. He is responsible for developing and driving the firm’s vision and business plan.

Working closely with the international leadership team, Jeremy spends much of his time leading initiatives that will help the firm achieve its strategic goals.

Since becoming managing partner in 2011 he has grown the firm substantially. He has been the driving force behind office openings in Beijing, Bristol, Singapore, Shenzhen, Munich, Luxembourg, Dublin, Cambridge and San Francisco.

Jeremy is the managing partner of Simmons & Simmons. He is responsible for developing and driving the firm’s vision and business plan.

Working closely with the international leadership team, Jeremy spends much of his time leading initiatives that will help the firm achieve its strategic goals.

Since becoming managing partner in 2011 he has grown the firm substantially. He has been the driving force behind office openings in Beijing, Bristol, Singapore, Shenzhen, Munich, Luxembourg, Dublin, Cambridge and San Francisco.

Over his tenure, Jeremy has also introduced progressive people strategies to make Simmons a great place to work and develop a career. Enhanced flexible working, for example, was introduced in his early years. Followed by Adaptive, the firm’s flexible resourcing model, in 2014.

Before being appointed managing partner, Jeremy held various leadership roles across the finance, capital markets and financial services groups. He has lived and worked in both London and Hong Kong.

Articled Simmons & Simmons 1989; qualified into the banking and capital markets department, London 1991; partner 1997; head of international finance, Hong Kong 1998-2001; head of capital markets group, London; head of financial markets department (later international practice group) and financial institutions sector (at that time one of four key priority areas for the firm) 2005; held a number of management roles, including member of the London management committee and the international executive committee; elected managing partner 2010.