Richard Walker, CEO of Crake said “we really appreciate the work that the Simmons team, both in London and Dublin, did in delivering this project to time. They provided a very high quality service and we enjoyed working with them.”
Commenting on the launch, partner Devarshi Saksena added “it was a pleasure working with Crake on this project which allowed us to showcase our integrated UK and Irish asset management and investment funds capability. We have worked with a significant number of hedge fund start ups in the last three years and our new Irish capability, cements us as the go-to firm for the most exciting hedge fund start-ups in London, irrespective of which domicile they are choosing for their fund.”
The Simmons team was led by partners Devarshi Saksena (London funds), Colin Leaver (London corporate), Martin Shah (London tax), Allan Yip (London Derivatives) and Fionán Breathnach (Dublin funds) and supported by managing associates James McKnight, Hazel Doyle (Dublin funds), associate Eamon Lyons (Dublin funds), supervising associate Kate Tracey (London funds) and associate Suanne Ong (London Derivatives).
Simmons & Simmons has launched around a third of all recent European hedge fund start ups. The hedge funds team is led by partners Richard Perry, Devarshi Saksena and Lucian Firth. It was awarded HFMWeek’s Best Onshore Law Firm for Start Ups 2019.