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Simmons & Simmons boss on stepping down: ‘Hope people don’t say, “That bastard Hoyland has left me with this problem”’

Simmons & Simmons’s boss is stepping down and heading to Italy for a new role. He hopes he’s left the law firm in good shape and ready to deal with AI

Jeremy Hoyland was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2010
Jeremy Hoyland was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2010 Photo: Danilo Agutoli for FN

Dealing with stress is just part of the job for top lawyers, for whom long hours and late nights are the norm.

But it is a bigger priority for Jeremy Hoyland than for most others — one of the City’s longest standing legal leaders, the managing partner of Simmons & Simmons was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2010.

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