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Colin Passmore

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Work Department

Dispute resolution.

Position

Colin served as the senior partner of Simmons & Simmons between August 2011 and July 2021. He has now become the Firm’s Client Development Partner but will also maintain his litigation practice. Over the last 36 years Colin has worked in England, Hong Kong and the Middle East from where he has developed a varied commercial litigation practice that encompasses both international and domestic disputes. His particular focus areas have been finance litigation, extradition disputes and large professional indemnity claims.

Colin published the 4th edition of Privilege in December 2019. This is one of the leading textbooks on the subject of legal professional privilege.

Career

Joined Simmons & Simmons 1986; partner 1990; solicitor-advocate (civil) 1999; chairman Membership Committee of the Academy of Experts; author of ‘Privilege’ (2006); contributed the chapter on privilege in ‘Fraud’ (OUP 2007, edited by Ormerod and Montgomery).