Simmons & Simmons is expanding its finance practice with the appointment of two capital markets partners in London, from rival law firm Linklaters. Head of financial markets at Simmons & Simmons, Jonathan Hammond, said that the firm is going through a growth phase as it looks to build on the strengths of its position in the financial institutions sector. Alan Davies, a derivatives and structured products specialist joins from Linklaters, where he was a founding partner of the Derivativ