Simmons & Simmons Strengthens Capital Markets Offering in London

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has today announced the appointment of Amer Siddiqui as a partner* in its capital markets team in London. Amer moves from Clifford Chance where he spent 14 years advising on a variety of securitisation and asset-backed finance transactions, engaging in both English and cross-border work. His clients include investment banks, corporate borrowers and bank/building society borrowers.

Jonathan Hammond, head of the firm’s financial markets group, continued: “We are delighted to welcome Amer to the firm. Amer brings a wealth of experience to the team as we continue to grow our client offering in this area. We have expanded our international financial markets in this financial year by 18 partners, 5 of which have been within the capital markets practice. This reflects our commitments to growing this practice both in London and further afield”.

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