Hammonds LLP, also known as Hammonds Suddards, was an
international law firm headquartered in
Leeds, United Kingdom, with offices in Beijing, Berlin, Birmingham, Bradford, Brussels, Hong Kong, Leeds, Madrid, Manchester, Munich and Paris. The firm had associate relationships with Rossotto, Colombatto & Partners in Italy and with Zhigachoff in Russia (with offices in Moscow and St Petersburg). Hammonds merged with the US-based law firm
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey in January 2011.
History
Hammonds' origins dated back to the founding of a legal practice in
Yorkshire in 1887. In 1989 Hammond Suddards represented
South Yorkshire Police during and after the
Hillsborough disaster
The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal human crush during a football match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989. It occurred during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in the ...
. The firm wrote a letter saying that it would like police inspector Robert Purdy to review his original statement about the events, "to reduce the graphic content and render it rather more prosaic and factual".
In 2000 Hammond Suddards and Edge Ellison merged, forming Hammond Suddards Edge, at that time the 11th-largest law firm in the UK. The firm was ranked 20th in the UK by turnover in ''
The Lawyer'' UK 100 2006, with a turnover of £132 million. Throughout 2005–2009, the firm underwent significant restructuring under the stewardship of Managing Partner Peter Crossley. As of 2009, the partnership consisted of approximately 180 partners and over 1,000 employees. Hammonds converted to a
Limited Liability Partnership in May 2008.
Hammonds and the United States-based law firm
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey announced that they were in merger talks in August 2010. The partnerships of both firms voted in favour of a merger in November 2010, and it was completed on 1 January 2011.
See also
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List of largest United Kingdom-based law firms
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List of companies based in London
References
External links
Squire Sanders
Defunct law firms of the United Kingdom
Companies based in Leeds
Law firms established in 1887
1887 establishments in the United Kingdom
Law firms disestablished in 2011
2011 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
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