In a recent global update, Debevoise & Plimpton London-based associate Shashwat Patel has moved to London-headquartered corporate firm Simmons & Simmons as Counsel and UK Corporate head of its India group.

Patel who is a 2009 GNLU Gandhinagar graduate had begun his career at erstwhile Amarchand Mangaldas here in Mumbai.

As far as his education is concerned, he also holds a 2012 LLM from Columbia Law School, after which he had joined Debevoise, where, till now he had been a member of its India Group in London.

Patel commented:

“A big part of my role will be to coordinate the group within London, but also amongst the other offices and to proactively work on building the profile of the firm, etc in the market.” 

Simmons’ India group includes around 25 Lawyers who do some India work, including 15 Partners, from a variety of practice groups.

As informed by Patel, majority of the firm’s India work was done between London, Singapore, and Dubai.

As per the qualification, Patel is allowed to practice law in England, New York, and India.

Simmons has 23 global offices which include three in the UK, and primarily focuses on cross-border Corporate and M&A work. The firm is in profits as indicated by its massive turnover of £119.5m in 2019.

 

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Source: Legally India