England - London • Dispute resolution
Simmons & Simmons
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The highly regarded practitioners at Simmons & Simmons have ‘real expertise on almost any matter’, advising prominent corporates, professional service firms, and financial institutions on complex multi-jurisdictional disputes. Head of the team Patrick Boylan ’provides excellent service’ for his industry-leading clients, and is noted for being ‘very hard-working with fabulous judgement’, while Ian Hammond is acting in the highly publicised Hewlett Packard proceedings, in the largest fraud claim to date brought against individual defendants in English courts. Other names to note within the team include Kirsten Kitt, who is ’on top of the detail of any matter’, and TMT specialist Minesh Tanna, recognised for his specific expertise in AI. At associate level, ‘absolutely indispensable’ Eleanore Di Claudio is commended for her ’approachable, affable, and very hard-working’ nature.
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- ‘Very strong teams from top to bottom (the 'doers' at the bottom are just as important as the partner managing the case and Simmons get that).’
- ‘Patrick Boylan and William Dunning (associate) are stand out performers.’
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Key clients
- Telefonica
- LG Electronics
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Work highlights
- Representing Sushovan Hussain in the USD 5 billion claim brought by Hewlett-Packard arising out of alleged fraudulent misrepresentations made about the financial state of the FTSE listed Autonomy Corporation - one of the largest fraud claims to come before the English Court.
- Representing a prominent Saudi businessman in a multi-million-dollar High Court claim against an entity established by his brother, relating to the ownership and control of a significant proportion of their late father’s estate.
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