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Simmons prides itself in modular but verbose drafting — I mean, could a firm called [[Simmons & Simmons|Simmons and Simmons]] be anything ''but'' a little redundant in the way it expresses itself?<ref>You can just imagine the battle the Simmons brothers had to figure out whose name should be first on the letterhead, can’t you.</ref> — premium [[hedge fund]] [[client]]s, a fine collection of rapidly depreciating Damien Hirst paintings and a day-long [[CPD]] fest where grateful clients can exchange a single day’s crushing [[tedium]] for all the [[CPD]] points they could possibly need. | Simmons prides itself in modular but verbose drafting — I mean, could a firm called [[Simmons & Simmons|Simmons and Simmons]] be anything ''but'' a little redundant in the way it expresses itself?<ref>You can just imagine the battle the Simmons brothers had to figure out whose name should be first on the letterhead, can’t you.</ref> — premium [[hedge fund]] [[client]]s, a fine collection of rapidly depreciating Damien Hirst paintings and a day-long [[CPD]] fest where grateful clients can exchange a single day’s crushing [[tedium]] for all the [[CPD]] points they could possibly need. | ||
On the other hand, they do like to create a kerfuffle among their asset manager clients about [[broker]] [[terms of business]] every time [[MiFID]] gets updated, and launch a periodic [[Simmons TOBS offensive]], usually timed to coincide with the point in the cycle where the market is enthusiastic about regulatory change projects. It was funny the first time — in 2007 — but, well. | On the other hand, they do like to create a kerfuffle among their asset manager clients about [[broker]] [[terms of business]] every time [[MiFID]] gets updated, and launch a periodic [[Simmons TOBS offensive]], usually timed to coincide with the point in the cycle where the market is ''least'' enthusiastic about pointless regulatory change projects. It was funny the first time — in 2007 — fellas, but, well. As a matter of fact the JC has a [[Molesworth self-adjusting thank-you letter|suggestion]] for how to get it right next time, if you are interested. | ||
[[Simmons]] has recently re-branded to a smart — hip — new rouge from their rather tired and pedestrian looking blue, with a whizzy new animated website featuring digital starlings, and in honour of that we hereby coin a [[Collective noun|collection]] of Simmons lawyers to be a “[[murmuration]]”, and each one taken individually, not a [[legal eagle]] so much as a “sparrow”. ''[Well, technically a “[[legal starling]]”. — Ed]'' | [[Simmons]] has recently re-branded to a smart — hip — new rouge from their rather tired and pedestrian looking blue, with a whizzy new animated website featuring digital starlings, and in honour of that we hereby coin a [[Collective noun|collection]] of Simmons lawyers to be a “[[murmuration]]”, and each one taken individually, not a [[legal eagle]] so much as a “sparrow”. ''[Well, technically a “[[legal starling]]”. — Ed]'' | ||