Simmons & Simmons

Business

Simmons & Simmons is a leading international law firm with offices in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Founded in 1896 Simmons & Simmons specialises in Law, Financial Institutions, Life Sciences, Technology Media & Telecommunications, and Asset Management & Investment Funds. They have built their practice around local lawyers who understand their country’s culture, business and language. The integrated international teams provide the right balance of local knowledge and seamless global service.

Our history with Simmons & Simmons
Harcourt Matthews have been proactively involved with and retained as a preferred supplier since 2018

Situation & Objective
Harcourt Matthews is a Recruitment Business Partner to their Business Support Services disciplines, especially within Legal Project Management and Business Transformation & Process Improvement which encompasses a programme & project management resulting in changes to the target operating model, which had led to new BAU and hybrid roles to support the ongoing evolution of the firm

Actions
Sourcing and placing people in interim and permanent roles, sustaining the establishment and evolution of various functions & skills lines including: – 

Examples: – 
In Legal Project Management – Business Transformation & Process Improvement
We have provided a recruitment advisory service aiding in the definition of needs in the short, medium and long term which involved supporting the development of the: –  

  • Strategic Projects
  • Legal Project Management (LPM) team from its pilot to its current BAU state 
  • Process Improvement
  • Innovation
  • Technology: Legal Technology and eDiscovery

In Finance & Accounting
We have provided a recruitment advisory service aiding in the definition of needs involved supporting the development of the

  • London Partnership Accounting
  • UK Financial Control

Harcourt Matthews established & utilised various recruitment methods from advertising campaigns and networking as well as database contingency candidate sourcing processes 

Results & Benefits for Simmons using Harcourt Matthews
As one of two/three preferred suppliers Harcourt Matthews has worked closely with the HR & Recruitment team and, more importantly, met with and contributed in briefings led by the Skills Line Management teams, consequently everybody has been on message, advice has been sought & given and challenges dealt with, complimenting the recruitment partnership & process which has led to speedier recruitment and Harcourt Matthews delivering results as a preferred supplier

Harcourt Matthews has successfully recruited individuals for teams and has an ongoing brief to identify talent in the marketplace to backfill those moving on into the organisation alongside the provision of advice on salaries and market conditions

Roles we have recruited for recently – Interim, temporary & permanent salaries or FTC £40k – £100k and include: 

Legal Project Management – Business Transformation & Process Improvement – various roles

  • Legal Project Manager
  • Business Process Improvement Manager
  • Legal Technologist
  • eDiscovery Project Manager

Partnership Tax & Accounting 

  • Partnership Accountant

Finance 

  • Head of UK Finance