Profile: Simmons & Simmons is an international law firm based in London; it acquired Mochales & Palacios Abogados on March 5, 2007. With $540,000,000 in gross revenue for fiscal year 2008, the firm ranked 63rd on the 2009 Global 100 revenue rankings of the top law firms in the world. The firm has 777 lawyers. About forty percent of Simmons & Simmons' lawyers practice outside of the United Kingdom in 13 countries, including Germany, France, Portugal, China, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States. The firm's practice is divided into 10 groups: commercial, corporate, dispute resolution, European Union and competition, employment and benefits, finance, intellectual property, projects, real estate and environment, and tax.