Simmons & Simmons

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rdf:langString London, with 22 offices worldwide

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rdf:langString Simmons & Simmons is a British law firm. About half of its staff are in the London office, in CityPoint, off Moorgate. It has branch offices in some countries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. It has been mentioned in the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Report. Private Eye and The Guardian revealed that Edward Troup, executive chair of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs since April 2016, was a former partner with Simmons & Simmons, whose clients included the Blairmore Holdings, Inc., the Panama-registered fund created by Ian Cameron, David Cameron's father. Papers obtained by the Süddeutsche Zeitung and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reveal Simmons & Simmons' work with offshore companies and major overseas property owners, including an investment company run on behalf of Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani (then the foreign minister for Qatar), while Troup was its senior tax partner. The papers also reveal that Simmons & Simmons worked until 2003 as director and agent for a company in the Virgin Islands called Chale Ltd, which owned West End properties in Piccadilly and Mayfair. The company also allegedly advised Blairmore on moving its location away from Panama.